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Arts and crafts, moonlight and musings . . . and Zentangle®. </p>Moon Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414358371750643918noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466819236244601.post-84924405110534385962011-07-22T16:32:00.000-07:002011-07-22T16:36:29.735-07:00Button - Button - Who's Got The Button?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In honor of all the lovely little Zentangle fairy gardens springing up all over as a result of this week's challenge . . .</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">. . . I've sketched a few flower tangles for the weekend. </div>I haven't finished my 'fairy' challenge quite yet, so I think I'll throw in a few Bachelor's Buttons into it:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stag Tangle Steps by MoonAttic</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;">Try it with and without the petals touching - which do you prefer? </div><div style="text-align: center;">And if you were a fairy, would you visit my buttons? <br />
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Fairy or not, you're always welcome here in the </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>Moon Attic!</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Please do have a lovely weekend.<br />
</div>Moon Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414358371750643918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466819236244601.post-77019959316773642912011-07-20T08:56:00.000-07:002011-07-21T16:02:54.137-07:00The Abstraction of an Edwardian CorsetMolossus (aka Sandra Kay Strait), of <a href="http://lifeimitatesdoodles.blogspot.com/">Life Imitates Doodles</a>, and <a href="http://enthusiasticartist.blogspot.com/">Enthusiastic Artist</a> (aka Margaret Bremner) turned me on to Scribbler Too, an online drawing tool. I was already familiar with the original Scribbler by Ze Frank and had played with it a bit in the past, but Scribbler Too, written by Mario Klingemann and based on the original Scribbler, adds more settings and real-time 'webby' effects. They're both a lot of fun and - yes, Sandra - dangerously addictive!<br />
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The first image I based on an advertisement for an Edwardian corset, and I found myself wishing that I had a graphics tablet and stylus for more control -<br />
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I gave in to the lack of precision, and went with the flow, playing with various textures -<br />
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</tbody></table> And tried my hand using the original scribbler -<br />
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Explored the way Scribbler Too creates shadows and depth -<br />
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</tbody></table> Got down and funky with the Scribbler, moving back to my more abstract, pre-corset-labelled shapes -<br />
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Which morphed into something that could be construed as an alien life form laying - nay, bursting with - eggs!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">These drawing tools really popped the laces on my Edwardian prototype! Wheeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks, Molossus, and keep on exploring, Fellow Creatives!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Moon Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414358371750643918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466819236244601.post-88421385161724089202011-07-16T21:40:00.000-07:002011-07-18T09:33:09.448-07:00Alpha Beta Soupa<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I really enjoyed the Diva's (Laura Harms') <a href="http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com/2011/07/weekly-challenge-30.html">challenge</a> this week. A shout of thanks to <a href="http://startartblog.blogspot.com/">Christina Vandervlist</a> for being such a lovely guest hostess! The overlapping first and last initial strings resulted in a variety of gorgeous and inventive <a href="http://zentangle.blogspot.com/">Zentangle</a>s and ZIAs. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I tried one tile with a denser, more complex design:</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diva Challenge #30 using Scroll, Rok Pool, Fern (Monk), Lightbulbs, Beadlines, Zanholli, and Pipkins.<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> and one with a lighter, lacy effect:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diva Challenge #30 using Pekinitch, Quip, Picot, Torchon Lace, Abacus (var), Florz, Rokpool, Corsace, Linked and Tiny Pearls.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="sqq">Keep on<strike> Truckin'</strike> Creatin'! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="sqq">“Sometimes you've got to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything . . . whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you'll find that when you're free, your true creativity, your true self comes out.” ~ Tina Turner</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Moon Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414358371750643918noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466819236244601.post-42450404048896432622011-07-12T10:40:00.000-07:002011-07-12T14:52:49.940-07:00A Bleedthrumanade Zentangle-Inspired Art - - - Fairy Corset?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had fun with my Letraset Promarkers recently. I played with twisting the chisel nib to and fro and was pleased with the effect, so I used the the technique to lay down the color for the piece shown below. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here it is before tangling: </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fairy Corset? ZIA Front, Pre-Tangled</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">And here it is after tangling, with <a href="http://moonattic.blogspot.com/2011/06/confessions-of-button-addict-and-my.html">Cupid's Border</a>, Featherfall, Flormeoba, Mulhouse Blooms, Ahh, Tipple, and Florz: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And, the flip side (bleedthrumanade*), </div><div style="text-align: center;">with Hairy, Msst, <a href="http://moonattic.blogspot.com/2011/06/happy-happy-summertime.html">Bloss1</a>, Joli Coeur, Stripes, Queste, Baton and Tipple:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">*"Got lemons, make lemonade. Got marker bleedthru, make bleedthrumanade."</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">~ Molossus, aka Sandra Kay Strait</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your comments are welcome.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;">Thanks for visiting, and keep on creating!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: magenta;">MoonAttic</span></strong><br />
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P.S. - Do fairies wear corsets?</div>Moon Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414358371750643918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466819236244601.post-53597186773926902852011-07-09T19:07:00.000-07:002011-07-11T16:26:31.590-07:00A New Tangle - Ready for One More?<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Wow, the past couple of weeks have brought a veritable plethora of new tangle patterns for us after quite a lull. If you think you can handle one more (admit it - you're insatiable!), try Gigglevine: </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdLLyCtVHHKONL5iqdQRSWOmRHvrRF31tY_Oh3PYWAfqgL3oNENtVu9vrDSv83jSLSBt9JYtl10osUnq7PGCTT5JMWMUQ-pTVONCEgn1kVNwzwF55J_Q5B8HZs5GBMSMJRoTTrDbsuZk/s1600/Gigglevine.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdLLyCtVHHKONL5iqdQRSWOmRHvrRF31tY_Oh3PYWAfqgL3oNENtVu9vrDSv83jSLSBt9JYtl10osUnq7PGCTT5JMWMUQ-pTVONCEgn1kVNwzwF55J_Q5B8HZs5GBMSMJRoTTrDbsuZk/s320/Gigglevine.JPG" width="242px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Why "Gigglevine"? It just made me giggle for some reason. So does hail when it bounces on pavement. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">And my sister, Bob (not her real name). And ostriches.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I'd love to hear what makes <u>you</u> giggle!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div>Moon Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414358371750643918noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466819236244601.post-29522288149646640982011-07-07T10:02:00.000-07:002011-07-07T21:53:09.181-07:00An Attempt at Diva Challenge #29 - aka, the String String . . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I took an extra day for the Independence Day weekend to chill out. I'm usually The Poster Girl for Mellow, but of late, circumstances beyond my control have had me somewhat on edge. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Prescription: Take two Zentangle</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: 115%;">®</span><i>s and repeat as needed</i>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I therefore set my mind on The Diva's 29th weekly challenge, "</span><a href="http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">String Theory v. IV: Creative Genesis</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">," based on Guest Challenger Sue Jacobs' idea to create a string by tying a weight to, well, a string. I'm glad the antique plumb bob that I bought for my husband wasn't handy. That pointy hunk of brass would undoubtedly have plonked down into a big dent on my lovely bristol paper!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After a warm-up doodle, I was so relaxed I couldn't bear the idea of leaving my desk chair to walk all the way down the corridor to the yarn, string, cord, chain or ribbon supplies in my 'Studio' (i.e. arts/crafts supply/stash storage/warehouse/cave), so I grabbed the only thing handy - a piece of thread from my mending kit and an earring (fashioned by the delightful "</span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/kneehighsnpigtails"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">kneehighsnpigtails</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">") - then laid the ear bob on my tile and dropped the thread (Hmmm. Ear bob. Plumb bob. There <i>must</i> be a connection there somewhere....) </span></div><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, as the thread was fairly short, that part of the string is not strong on complexity, but I think the earring makes up for it. This is what I made of it:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGb85FALf3jOjjMTSpyoaE1ZTN0peqtrDgvbrA0ec8w74aoNqXwqeFeGylf95CKplmKDWktQj4xh_zRCpOQ4cDdSDgvoqyW0NesdXJcceOHZxo33IkBfsrf1cWLltq90VZIVfyaeffRo/s1600/tangle006.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><img border="0" height="320px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGb85FALf3jOjjMTSpyoaE1ZTN0peqtrDgvbrA0ec8w74aoNqXwqeFeGylf95CKplmKDWktQj4xh_zRCpOQ4cDdSDgvoqyW0NesdXJcceOHZxo33IkBfsrf1cWLltq90VZIVfyaeffRo/s320/tangle006.bmp" width="298px" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, two challenges met: 1) Less stress and 2) a string string.</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I highly recommend them both.</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mellow regards,</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">MoonAttic</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></i></b></div>Moon Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414358371750643918noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466819236244601.post-13870788044006076952011-07-02T09:48:00.000-07:002011-07-03T09:47:01.046-07:00"A corset? No...." "Well, of corset is!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">I found myself in a bit of a bind.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd been denying the likeness, but ever since a friend dubbed one of my Zentangle® drawings a "corset", several others built on that foundation with similar remarks. Well, that cinched it. Waisting no time, I researched images of corsets, and I found their trimmings so lovely, they left me breathless. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
One simple scalloped lace trim seemed especially fitting for a border tangle. I present to you "Corsace":<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHTbu2JwbxsJnI9BUii9xhO5TFyp7PQHXsCTCQmS7Oh3YuyDrv8W2VYe_Kil0bQ9WSe2cOXs4AwyfTDssBl1kp3ltKjiQNNMekr_Yh6csUC2dvJasmzbFyAXo_QDTJzYUuktJGQr6SUY/s1600/Corsace_Steps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHTbu2JwbxsJnI9BUii9xhO5TFyp7PQHXsCTCQmS7Oh3YuyDrv8W2VYe_Kil0bQ9WSe2cOXs4AwyfTDssBl1kp3ltKjiQNNMekr_Yh6csUC2dvJasmzbFyAXo_QDTJzYUuktJGQr6SUY/s320/Corsace_Steps.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, there you go, ladies (and gents?) - lace 'em if you've got 'em! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Make no bones about it - I can't seem to help but draw corset strings. </div><b><i><span style="color: #073763;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #073763;"> </span></i></b> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cheers,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>Moon Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414358371750643918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466819236244601.post-52125028560332037502011-06-28T15:43:00.000-07:002011-06-28T15:43:54.583-07:00A Toast to Molossus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Molossus, of <a href="http://lifeimitatesdoodles.blogspot.com/">Life Imitates Doodles</a> fame, has been posting some pretty wonderful "Bleedthrumanades" lately, one of which is entitled "Martini Time." My latest tangle pattern is dedicated to her intoxicating Zentangle-Inspired Art and her tireless support of her fellow artists through an extensive tangle index, tutorials, advice, examples, useful links, and administration of the Flickr Group, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/freehandpatterns/">Freehand Doodle Patterns</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's to you, Sandra - </div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for your support and inspiration!</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Moon Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414358371750643918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466819236244601.post-65784576600791204772011-06-26T22:13:00.000-07:002011-06-28T10:50:19.539-07:00Aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhhh-isle.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLp82-PfkO9BG_A5X7HE70JpSt31YQyEhNiXshrzW19bOm9HZh2U07a7Sw2JSXv4JXHc7x_vfta_LM6Cd3Y7zxQzH70U2cgH_o7j4ee0UzOhdbSbv8T67jRiiX-IIaZClyVc0GcOfR-g/s1600/Argh%2521+Steps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLp82-PfkO9BG_A5X7HE70JpSt31YQyEhNiXshrzW19bOm9HZh2U07a7Sw2JSXv4JXHc7x_vfta_LM6Cd3Y7zxQzH70U2cgH_o7j4ee0UzOhdbSbv8T67jRiiX-IIaZClyVc0GcOfR-g/s320/Argh%2521+Steps.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The argyle pattern is derived from the tartan of Clan Campbell, of Argyll in western Scotland. And from a fantastically groovy pair of blue argyle thigh high socks that I wore back in the seventies. Well, so they seemed at the time. Regardless of my questionable fashion phase, this pattern is a classic. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Enjoy!</div><div style="color: #990000; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i style="color: #990000;">MoonAttic</i></b></div>Moon Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414358371750643918noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466819236244601.post-27978848939606233872011-06-24T06:12:00.000-07:002011-06-28T10:51:47.689-07:00Confessions of a Button Addict and My First Diva Challenge Entry<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">x </span><br />
The inspiration for this design comes from the border on a Victorian button in my collection. And the inspiration for my collection came from my mother's button box, which I loved poring through as a little girl. That pastime led me to sorting through little piles of buttons in antique shops and ultimately to eBay lots. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAASxVCbvSUUxR6N_jBrb9nhxs9fPNpUC6HT29EPsTqyKLdANGFrV-TreK93nQ0JdwRkzKAReV-aq2n3d7I2qt_G2FgNJ81nBtZvKeZJfZdZ_K5y-_xeEYXJYnW-mhTB9rGjkQ2pCMq1Q/s1600/Cupid%2527s+Border+.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="319px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAASxVCbvSUUxR6N_jBrb9nhxs9fPNpUC6HT29EPsTqyKLdANGFrV-TreK93nQ0JdwRkzKAReV-aq2n3d7I2qt_G2FgNJ81nBtZvKeZJfZdZ_K5y-_xeEYXJYnW-mhTB9rGjkQ2pCMq1Q/s320/Cupid%2527s+Border+.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My husband is completely baffled by this obsession, but I've learned a lot through collecting them, and consider each one of them a tiny work of art. I still hold out hope that one day I'll show him a little treasure and he'll remark, "Now, THAT'S interesting!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="iamthedivaczt" height="125px" src="http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac293/pfarrell50/Button-Diva.jpg" width="125px" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Below is my first entry for Laura Harms' weekly challenge.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">#27 is "Duo-Tangle" using only Dex and Verdigogh. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Those who have been following my blog may notice a familiar shape! </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Dex portion is a lot wonkier than I'd like, largely due to my succumbing to the temptation to draw this on my daily bus commute to and from work. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now THAT'S a challenge!<br />
<span style="color: #fff2cc;">x </span></div>Moon Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414358371750643918noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466819236244601.post-41954893592335928582011-06-22T13:16:00.000-07:002011-06-22T13:16:44.725-07:00A New Multi-Cultural Cuisine? No, A New Tangle!<span style="color: #ffe599;">x</span><br />
Ever heard of a Thai-Mexican Restaurant? Nor have I. But if you say the name of this tangle out loud, you'll hear the clue to what I began to see when I drew what I intended to be a purely abstract pattern:<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I was inspired to sketch out some new tangle ideas on graph paper after collecting and drawing so many elegant grid-based patterns from Neil Burley (<a href="http://perfectly4med.wordpress.com/">Perfectly4med</a>). I have a bit of a split personality when it comes to artistic taste (Classical to Jazz and Funk, Vintage Givenchy to Bohemian, etc.), so it follows that my favorite tangles range from the organic, free-flowing designs to the classically-inspired 'wallpapery' patterns.<br />
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Variety is the spice of life, yes? (Hmmm - anyone know what kind of spice goes well with a tamale in peanut sauce?)<br />
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~ MoonAttic<br />
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</div>Moon Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414358371750643918noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466819236244601.post-88160689923652125562011-06-21T06:13:00.000-07:002011-06-21T06:13:32.358-07:00Happy, Happy Summertime!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Summer is finally here! <br />
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It was a rather long winter and a rather short spring in Seattle, with rather more cool, grey days than usual. Today the first day of summer promises to be at least 71 degrees (F) - practically balmy! To celebrate, I offer a happy little tangle I named after Karl Blossfeldt, whose beautiful black and white botanical photography inspired this pattern. I added the "1" because I hope to do more tangles from his images.<br />
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Do you see little welcoming arms? They're welcoming warm summer days ahead! <br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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~ MoonAtticMoon Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414358371750643918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466819236244601.post-7411422322690598452011-06-19T20:26:00.000-07:002011-06-20T06:23:44.323-07:00A Zentangle Tangle for You and Bob<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">I patterned this tangle after the border on a stoneware dish designed by Mary Colter in 1936 for the Santa Fe Super Chief. Mary was a designer and architect who was inspired by Native American art forms and artifacts. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">To my delight, I discovered that copying and rotating this tangle results in some very interesting variations. I certainly hope you enjoy this versatile design!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(And, what about Bob? LIAM, Bob!) </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks for visiting, </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Moon Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414358371750643918noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466819236244601.post-52810062414844049102011-06-18T12:00:00.000-07:002011-06-20T06:23:20.413-07:00Ever heard of a bumbershoot?<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><i>I found another tangle pattern for you in the Moon Attic!</i></div> <br />
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</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Ever heard of a<span style="color: black;"> bumbershoot</span>? </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It's what I don't bother carrying around with me in Seattle. </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">(It doesn't usually rain very hard here - it just drizzles. A <u>lot</u>.) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It's what we've named our annual Labor Day weekend international music and arts festival. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It's what looks a lot like a parasol, without the optimism.</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Well, I guess it depends on how you look at it (is the glass half full of rain, or half empty?). It's because of all the rain, after all, that Seattle is nicknamed "The Emerald City". It stays so very green here. And no, I'm not referring to the moss. Although, I do love the moss. But, again, I digress.</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: right;"> </div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, if you haven't figured out what inspired me to create the steps for "Bumberly," you must live where the sun shines ALL the time. For you, I weep. Because it takes a little rain sometimes to make you appreciate the sunshine. Maybe that's the reason that Seattle leads the nation in per capita sunglasses sales. (Okay, okay - it's really because we need them so seldom that we forget where we stowed them and have to go out into the sunshine, squinting like moles crawling out of their burrows, to buy another pair. And that's a fact.) </div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i>Make art while the sun shines. </i></span></span></div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i>And especially when it doesn't.</i></span></span></div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a very lovely weekend,</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>MoonAttic</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Moon Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414358371750643918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466819236244601.post-46005280359386142402011-06-17T20:03:00.000-07:002011-06-24T09:53:58.605-07:00Ready for a new tangle?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm ALWAYS up for a new tangle to try. I haven't incorporated them all into Zentangles</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">®</span>, but I believe I've recorded (drawn) examples of over 1400 tangles I've gathered from all over the internet (<a href="http://lifeimitatesdoodles.blogspot.com/">Life Imitates Doodles</a>, <a href="http://zentangle.com/">Zentangle.com</a>, <a href="http://tanglepatterns.com/">TanglePatterns.com</a>, Zentangle<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">® </span></span></span>books by CZTs* Sandy Steen Bartholomew, Suzanne McNeill and Marie Browning, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/freehandpatterns/">Flickr</a>, etc.). </span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Is that obsessive? My kid sister, Bob (pet name), thinks so. But I'm hoping that this summer we'll have time to tackle some of those tangles together! Hmmm, perhaps "tackle" isn't a very Zen way of going about drawing tangles. I do like a good alliterative phrase now and zen, however. And to use a pun or two, too, I'm afraid. And I wouldn't shy away from a homophone or so. But, I digress . . . . </span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;">*<a href="http://zentangle.com/teachers.php">Certified Zentangle<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">®</span></span> Teachers</a></span></span></div>Moon Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414358371750643918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466819236244601.post-71129301053432597972011-06-16T11:56:00.000-07:002011-06-20T06:24:22.108-07:00Just Call Me Mrs. Corset!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, Earthling (aka my dear friend that called one of my Zentangle<span style="font-size: x-small;">®</span>s a "corset print") - here's another one! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I think that image may stick in my head now and all subsequent drawings may subconsciously end up with boning and lace!</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span> <br />
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This piece uses the same basic outline as many of my Zentangle® tiles, but I think using different strings and tangles really changes the feel. This is definitely not a corset!<br />
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And this one is mother's favorite of my Zentangle® tiles. Thanks, Mrs. Nonquist (pen name)!<br />
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Maybe these shapes ARE related to corsets, in a way. I think these Zentangle® tiles represent my "creative core," somehow.<br />
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</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, as my husband would say, "I think I'm past my pull date!" </div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">(In other words, time for bed. )</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
Pleasant dreams to one and all!</div>Moon Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414358371750643918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466819236244601.post-8508235779965858972011-06-14T21:49:00.000-07:002011-06-20T06:25:16.112-07:00New Tangles and Molossus-Inspired "Bleedthrumanades"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Inspired by Molossus' incredible "Bleedthru- manade" Zentangle<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">®-</span>Inspired Art (ZIA), I laid down some color with Letraset Promarkers in my Rhodia No.16 pad in the shape that continues to recur in my strings, then tangled! I love the vibrancy of these saturated colors.<br />
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This is the "bleedthru" backside of <i>Creative Growth</i>. I decided to let more of the color show on this side to give it a different feel. Some color shapes I treated as strings, some I ignored.<br />
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My tangle "Kilroy" forms the border at the lower edge. The steps for Kilroy and two of my other tangles are shown below....<br />
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</div>Moon Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414358371750643918noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466819236244601.post-18262407411729613262011-06-14T14:49:00.000-07:002011-06-20T13:18:03.635-07:00Welcome and a warm hello!<div class="note">I am an artist living in the Seattle area and exploring drawing, mixed media, altered art, collage, jewelry design, metalsmithing, fiber arts, and Doing Strange Things in the Name of Art!<br />
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I'm currently trying my hand at Zentangle® to get my creative juices flowing after a long 'drought'. Here are some recent tiles I've created:<br />
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</div>The Zentangle® art form and method was created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas. Zentangle® is a registered trademark of Zentangle, Inc. Learn more at <a href="http://zentangle.com/" jquery1308089200984="3" target="_blank" title="The Official Zentangle Website"><span style="color: #666666;">zentangle.com</span></a>.<br />
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