Saturday 28 July 2012

I am the Diva challenge #80 - Mi2! Mi2!

This week Laura at I am the Diva set us the challenge of creating a tile or ZIA using the tangle Mi2.

I was really pleased about this as I love Mi2, although I've only drawn it once, and then only to practice it, not draw it "properly"!  Thank you Laura for this great challenge!

I decided to concentrate on the negative spaces, which I thought looked not only like seeds, but leaves - so that's what they became, and I decided to make the whole ZIA a big leaf.  And then I realised that I have an almost obsessive need to "tie up the loose ends"......so I took that literally and did exactly that around the edges, with my own little knot tangle, as yet un-named and un-published*.

* Update:  I've just noticed that there is already an official tangle called Pendrils, which is very similar to this one, so I cannot call it my own after all.  Never mind - I'm sure I'll come up with something original one day!

I just had to use my beloved watercolours of course, and polka dots, which I adore.  I hope you like my ode to a leaf.






12 comments:

  1. Oh, I am so in love with this piece! Amazing!

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  2. Seeing the leaves through little windows is just magical.

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  3. Fabulous, so fanciful and organic, love it!

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  4. This is so beautiful and original.

    Annemarie Huijts

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  5. This is amazing, I like the leaves and knots, very original.

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  6. I love this tile! It is really clever.

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  7. I have been watching for your entry and it was worth waiting for. I think you tied up a good one!

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  8. Love your tangeles!....I have only been doing this a short while and it is awesome to see all the different variations. I have subscribed to you your blog....don't want to miss ANY of it!!

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  9. What detail- I cannot imagine how long to takes to design and execute such amazing work.

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