I am heavily infected, but it is a different kind of virus (= not Covit19 or the one that causes Dengue, which tours the infamous - now empty - tourist city Pattaya as well). The doctor assured me that I will survive it unscathed despite the high number of my age, but that my mind will still be crowded with the thought of it for some time to come after convalescing. The virus is called "PARADOX"!
BE WARNED! The suffering is a lot of fun, absolutely fantastic and you will love and enjoy every gratifying minute of it. So stay clear of the Paradox virus.
♻️ Tile first infection is Paradox free-style on a recycled packaging cardboard tile.
This Paradox attack was supported by Betweed (on a water colored background tile).
This tile shows the result of a rather mild Paradox virus attack. Still, I enjoyed it while it lasted. Meet the Paradox "Trees" tile.
This is one of my favorite infections: Paradox with A-Dalfa.
Another free-style Paradox tile with Kelp I.Am, Boulder Builder, Strutz and Jag. This bookmark style tile I started in the middle and I added triangles to both sides until I had to make the decision which side is up/down. The decision was quick once the new tangle Jag was introduced by tanglepatterns.com.
Here the Paradox virus hides itself in "The Mask". The tangles Fescu, Clob, and Denma help camouflaging Paradox. They are doing a great job! Time appropriate as well as ancient, reminding me of the Vientiane Carnival.
In this tile Paradox, in circles and leaves, has added some extra lines and garnished its surrounding with Tipple and Crescent Moon.
♻️ This tile I cut out of a Baygon mosquito coil packaging. I admit, here the virus has lamed my brain. For several days I had no clue how to finish the awkward paradox shapes. I added this and that and another this and that over too many days, but finally had my tile full to the rim and I could sign it off. (Thank heavens!) Added tangles are: Phicops, Beadlines, and Veezy.
A mess with a Paradox vine. Tangles causing the mess are Amaze (or Stiritup), Knightsbridge, Boulder Builder, Tipple. Trying to safe the mess is Henna Drum. Thank you, Henna Drum.
Paradox 3D on my surprise 1-day-blooming-only water plant flower. I couldn't resist, there is an early morning taken image of the flower towards the end of this post.
A string overlay over the Paradox 3D tile is among the strings below.
Tangle Patterns: Paradox and my unexpected water plant flower.
Geometrical Paradox. Just randomly placed triangles.
Tangle Pattern: Paradox
♻️ The final Paradox tile, drawn on the inside of an 'Equal Cafe Caramel Latte" cardboard box, aptly called "Paradox Out of the Box". Literally! Proof is below on the string/paradox lines overlay tile.
Tangle Pattern: Paradox
Paradox strings for Paradox freestyle, Paradox with Betweed, Paradox with A-Dalfa, The Mask.
Emiko Kaneko. I knew the stakes were high, too high as I soon realized. But then, if you don't try...
This tile is my version of her 'Tangling and shading Zentangle' video series in her YouTube channel. The tangles I used are Mezzanine, Joki, SeZ, Sistar, Flux, and IcanToo.
Inspired by...No, this is better described as 'Reminiscing my time'...as a SCUBA diving instructor. A swarm of fish, string rays, soft and hard corals, my bubbles, and feeling safe from the bad weather lurking on the surface. Tangles: Dewdy-leaf kelp, an Indy-Rella fish swarm, bubbling Emo-coral-balls, Sting Rayz, and Angelfish sea-fans. I noticed I needed a filler tangle at the bottom left that would glide smoothly into Dewd, but couldn't find one. Thus my new tangle Kelp I.Am was born.
Inspired by...a new pattern I noticed on Pattern Collections called Windmoon by Uttara Shidore. It looked quite intriguing. I love challenging patterns especially when they are geometric. There is a logical way to approach them...similar to solving a Sudoku puzzle.
I stumbled over a tile in Pinterest I just had to recreate. Except for Printemps (on-a-Stick) and maybe Clob there are no further tangles involved and that is quite alright. I liked the overall design of it.
Inspired by...the Square One challenge with the new tangle Eofer by Iris CZT. Eofer grows out of a leaf, surrounded by Narwal. Background Eofer and Blockbuster I.Am.
Tangle Patterns: Eofer, Narwal, Blockbuster I.Am
My new tangle Kelp I.Am with Burtz and a Rayz in the background.
Step out for my new tangle Kelp I.Am.
New tangle SiBai I.Am with tangles Fescu-Dewd, Springkle, Free-style Paradox, Sedgling
♻️ Another SiBai I.Am sample. Here each, what-cha-ma-call-it, segment?, in its own hanging rhomboid garnished with glass buttons. The paper is recycled from a brown manila envelope.
Tangle Pattern: SiBai I.Am
Stepout to new tangle SiBai I.Am.
BE WARNED! The suffering is a lot of fun, absolutely fantastic and you will love and enjoy every gratifying minute of it. So stay clear of the Paradox virus.
(You can find some of the Paradox strings at the end of the Paradox section)
♻️ Tile first infection is Paradox free-style on a recycled packaging cardboard tile.
Tangle Pattern: Paradox
This Paradox attack was supported by Betweed (on a water colored background tile).
Tangle Patterns: Paradox, Betweed
This tile shows the result of a rather mild Paradox virus attack. Still, I enjoyed it while it lasted. Meet the Paradox "Trees" tile.
Tangle Patterns: Paradox "Trees"
This is one of my favorite infections: Paradox with A-Dalfa.
Tangle Patterns: Paradox, A-Dalfa
Another free-style Paradox tile with Kelp I.Am, Boulder Builder, Strutz and Jag. This bookmark style tile I started in the middle and I added triangles to both sides until I had to make the decision which side is up/down. The decision was quick once the new tangle Jag was introduced by tanglepatterns.com.
Tangle Patterns: Paradox, Kelp I.Am, Boulder Builder, Strutz, Jag
Here the Paradox virus hides itself in "The Mask". The tangles Fescu, Clob, and Denma help camouflaging Paradox. They are doing a great job! Time appropriate as well as ancient, reminding me of the Vientiane Carnival.
Tangle Patterns: Paradox, Fescu, Clob, Denma
In this tile Paradox, in circles and leaves, has added some extra lines and garnished its surrounding with Tipple and Crescent Moon.
Tangle Patterns: Paradox, Crescent Moon, Tipple
♻️ This tile I cut out of a Baygon mosquito coil packaging. I admit, here the virus has lamed my brain. For several days I had no clue how to finish the awkward paradox shapes. I added this and that and another this and that over too many days, but finally had my tile full to the rim and I could sign it off. (Thank heavens!) Added tangles are: Phicops, Beadlines, and Veezy.
Tangle Patterns: Paradox, Phicops, Beadlines, Veezy
A mess with a Paradox vine. Tangles causing the mess are Amaze (or Stiritup), Knightsbridge, Boulder Builder, Tipple. Trying to safe the mess is Henna Drum. Thank you, Henna Drum.
Tangle Patterns: Paradox, Amaze (or Siritup), Boulder Builder, Knightsbridge, Henna Drum, Tipple
Paradox 3D on my surprise 1-day-blooming-only water plant flower. I couldn't resist, there is an early morning taken image of the flower towards the end of this post.
A string overlay over the Paradox 3D tile is among the strings below.
Geometrical Paradox. Just randomly placed triangles.
♻️ The final Paradox tile, drawn on the inside of an 'Equal Cafe Caramel Latte" cardboard box, aptly called "Paradox Out of the Box". Literally! Proof is below on the string/paradox lines overlay tile.
Paradox strings for Paradox freestyle, Paradox with Betweed, Paradox with A-Dalfa, The Mask.
Paradox freestyle, with Betweed, with A-Dalfa, The Mask...
Paradox 3D string and with overlay
Paradox 3D with string overlay below.
Paradox Out of the Box string and Paradox lines (blue) overlay.
'Inspired by...' continues...
I drew my first 'copy-cat' tile last month (previous post) with Zentangle HQ's KTT 31. I thoroughly enjoyed following someone else's drawing and relished the result. Now, that I have 'smelled blood', I went in searched for another victim I can copy.Emiko Kaneko. I knew the stakes were high, too high as I soon realized. But then, if you don't try...
This tile is my version of her 'Tangling and shading Zentangle' video series in her YouTube channel. The tangles I used are Mezzanine, Joki, SeZ, Sistar, Flux, and IcanToo.
Tangle Patterns: Mezzanine, Joki, SeZ, Sistar, Flux, IcanToo
Inspired by...No, this is better described as 'Reminiscing my time'...as a SCUBA diving instructor. A swarm of fish, string rays, soft and hard corals, my bubbles, and feeling safe from the bad weather lurking on the surface. Tangles: Dewdy-leaf kelp, an Indy-Rella fish swarm, bubbling Emo-coral-balls, Sting Rayz, and Angelfish sea-fans. I noticed I needed a filler tangle at the bottom left that would glide smoothly into Dewd, but couldn't find one. Thus my new tangle Kelp I.Am was born.
Tangle Patterns: Dewd, Indy-Rella, Emoballs, Rayz, Angelfish, Kelp I.Am
Inspired by...a new pattern I noticed on Pattern Collections called Windmoon by Uttara Shidore. It looked quite intriguing. I love challenging patterns especially when they are geometric. There is a logical way to approach them...similar to solving a Sudoku puzzle.
Tangle Pattern: Windmoon
I stumbled over a tile in Pinterest I just had to recreate. Except for Printemps (on-a-Stick) and maybe Clob there are no further tangles involved and that is quite alright. I liked the overall design of it.
A Pinterest recreation
Inspired by...the Square One challenge with the new tangle Eofer by Iris CZT. Eofer grows out of a leaf, surrounded by Narwal. Background Eofer and Blockbuster I.Am.
New Tangles in the I.Am family - Kelp I.Am and SiBai I.Am
New tangle Kelp I.Am.
Tangle Patterns: Kelp I.Am
My new tangle Kelp I.Am with Burtz and a Rayz in the background.
Tangle Patterns: Kelp I.Am, Burtz, Rayz
Step out for my new tangle Kelp I.Am.
New tangle Pattern Stepout for Kelp I.Am
New tangle SiBai I.Am with tangles Fescu-Dewd, Springkle, Free-style Paradox, Sedgling
Tangle Patterns: Sibai I.Am, Fescu-Dewd, Springkle, Free-style Paradox, Sedgling
Stepout to new tangle SiBai I.Am.
New Tangle Pattern Stepout for SiBai I.Am
Animal Happy Day
The other day I was looking for C.O. knowing he must be around the house somewhere...
...Here is where I found him.
As for my video choice for this post. Calm....ing!!! This is not about our usual pets may they be dogs or cats or even farm animals. No, it is about more. As she says in this video, saving humankind.
Anti-Boredom Therapy and Odd Ends
Are you sitting at home feeling bored at times? I found a site that might keep you interested for a few minutes. Stereograms. I always loved to see the 3D image hidden in the flat color mess image in front of me. Once you figured out the trick to see the 3D shapes and words the mess contained you can hardly stop jumping to the next messy image. This is a simple one I made myself with the tool available on the Stereogram site Hiden-3D. Have fun! If you have never seen this kind of 'entertainment', there is a 'how to' on their site.
Click on the image to make it larger.
This 26 July Sunday morning, when I did my usual early morning round through my garden, I came across a little surprise: my water plant, which I got from my Chinese hardware shop guy, sported a beautiful blue flower. Never in my wildest dreams would I have expected that!
May you adapt easily to this new world of ours. Who would have thought that this drastic of change can happen that quickly and include the whole world.
Take care you all and thanks for visiting.
Wow Suzy what a fantastic post! I see so many beautiful tiles, my faves are the Paradox trees, the Paradox with A-Dalfa, Paradox hided in the Mask and the geometrical Paradox, so clever so surprising and so beautiful. Also your last work with Sibai I.am is amazing!
ReplyDeleteI hope everything is fine and thank you for this wonderful post.
Thank you so very much for your kind words, Ria. Glad you like my Paradox virus infection. I like the out of the box the best simply because it is the one that looks least like paradoxes deja-vu.
DeleteWow! I love it when you blog! I’m going to learn Kelp.I.Am and SiBai.I.Am but also going to look and look at all the awesome stuff you’ve shared here!
ReplyDeleteOh, what a nice surprise, hi HeidiSue Thank you so much for your kind words! Paradox is such a wonderful tangle with lots of possibilities and it can easily be merged with other tangles. It was a lot of fun just experimenting with it.
DeleteI am excited about your new post, especially your sophisticated Paradox variations, dear Susie! I don't know where to look first. One is more beautiful and more interesting than the other. My favorite, the star, is out of the box, also the water flower, the mask, or actually all of them! But the star is the star!
ReplyDeleteKelp I.Am and SiBai I.Am are very nice patterns an the tiles with your new tangles are great! I also love your 'fishy' tiles.
What I like best is that all of your drawings tell stories and stimulate the viewer's imagination.
Best wishes from Germany, Margarete
Thank you, Margarete, for this very kind comment. Luckily, I had my Paradox Anti-viral shot recently, else I would still be drawing paradox. LOL. Having said that, there is one more tile I haven't finished yet...my first Paradox star sample. One day maybe....
DeleteGlad you like my two new members to the I.Am family.
I had one more water plant flowering, but since nothing happened. Not sure how often they bloom. Have to wait and see.
I love your designs! I think one of them would translate well to fiber art. I would like your permission to make a art quilt using your designs as inspiration. Not to copy. But use the spirit of what you have done to create a 15x45 inch art piece for my personal use. Would you allow me to do that?
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for your kind comment. Please, by all means, go ahead and copy anything of mine that is published in this blog including my own tangles. I have no copyright regulations. In fact, I would be honored if my designs inspire others to copy or alter. Maybe, just maybe, if you were able to tanslate a tile into fiber art you would let me see it? Good luck.
DeleteIf I can translate this into fabric, I would be happy to show you what I've done. This will be a monochromatic piece for an intense color challenge using Joen Wolfram's color tool. I haven't started yet because I wanted your permission first. Any exhibit of the work will give you credit for the inspiration. THANK YOU. Wish me luck.
DeleteI hope you get this, Leanne, because there is no longer a Reply link to our specific comment history. I am so looking forward to your fabric art in intense monochromatic colors. I do hope you can make it work. Have no idea which tile you chose so I will have a double surprise coming my way. Yep, good luck and I cross my fingers on both hands. Till some time later....
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