In 2007, we started BLOG Zentangle and began our enjoyable series of conversations within our Zentangle community.
In reading through these blog posts with their insightful comments, we decided to bring a few of them to your attention from time to time. It is easy, for me anyway, to sometimes think of old information as stale information. But these insights and conversations are anything BUT stale!
We invite you get Stuck Up again from 214...
Maria writes:
I have received a couple of letters recently that said:
"What on earth am I supposed to do with all these Zentangle tiles once I have drawn them?"
Well, I never have thought this might actually be a problem (as you'll soon see).
While I can understand that it might not be feasible to frame and hang every one of your tiles, it may be fun to have your favorite ones hanging around and interchange them often . . . giving yourself time and opportunity to appreciate your new-found artistic self.
So, here, my friends, are a few suggestions on what you do. Get stuck up. I mean, literally. There's this stuff called "mounting putty" or "removable adhesive putty" that is super sticky but not so sticky that it destroys stuff when you take it down. And it does not (as far as I can tell) destroy your Zentangle tile. This stuff sticks to pretty much anything. And because a tile weighs almost nothing, it hold fast and you don't need to use much.
I stick tiles to the walls, mirrors, furniture, car windows, inside the glass on glass cabinets, bathrooms, stick them on top of the glass on other framed pieces that you might be a bit tired of (this is actually pretty cool), kitchen cabinets, refrigerators, windows . . . you get the idea.
Well, one other thing I like to do with my tiles is give them away!
Let us know what you do with your Zentangle tiles and we'll send a gift to one of you lovely commenters!
What's your story?
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Charlene on
For christmas, for a marriage, a birthday… people are very grateful to receive an authentic finished Zentangletile, glued on a card.
It is pleasant to receive but also pleasant to give.
Thank you for the original ways to show this beautiful art.
ria matheussen on
I have a Zentangle® “clothesline”. I strung a piece of small decorative cording across the wall and clipped opus to bijou size tiles (and other substrates) to it with mini clothes pins from the office supply store and then clipped more tiles to those, and more tiles to those and so on. It has morphed to cover over a 4’ square area, with only two tacks holding up the cord! It’s a game now to find the next spot I can put a newly created one without blocking the view of another or collapsing the entire structure. I also have several tiles clipped back to back on one of the mobiles I purchased from the ZT site.
Long Haired Lori on
Have been tangling for just over 2 years now and building up quite a collection! Right now I keep them filed chronologically and refer back to them on occasion just to see how my style has progressed which is also a source of inspiration when needed. Each calendar year I take my 25 or 30 most favorite tiles and make them into little 8by8 books through an app called Mosaic in the Apple store that I have out on the coffee table. I also have some in placed around the house either in photo cubes. For a few larger projects I have them framed on the walls in the area where I’ve actually taught students for them to get ideas for their own work. I’ve now started to give some away as gifts to friends and family who would really appreciate them. The tiles right now are manageable – it’s all the art supplies I’ve accumulated in my quest to broaden my experience that are forcing me to add more storage cabinets to my office – at some point I will no doubt need a course on how to declutter your workspace!
Matt Wieczkowski (MattskiCZT) on
Good day! Interesting post.
I love making tile exchanges. My friends and I write each other’s a zenletters, we put our drawings and inspire creativity. It’s so contagious! Look at the drawing of another master and new ideas to be come. And it’s cool, just to give a friend a piece of his work. Do it! :)
Elena on
I put the ones that I really like on display in frames on my walls. I like being surrounded by beauty because it makes me happy. Small doses of happiness every day is good for one’s health. Every once in a while, a tile will stop giving me that small dose of happiness because I’ve improved so much… that’s when I’ll take it down and replace it with something new. I keep all of my old tiles in a clear box. That way, they don’t take up too much place, but I still know where to find them if I ever need them.
Stephanie Jennifer on
I use clear 3.5 square plastic frames that have a magnet on the back (found at Michaels) to display on my fridge, locker at work, or anywhere else that is magnetic. I also keep many in a binder so I can flip through it from time to time. There’s some very inspiring ideas out there !!
Michele Werner on
I would term my approach as a “tangleation” on Random Acts of Zentangle (RAZ). If I plan to go to a large gathering (e.g. wedding, class reunion, neighborhood picnic, parade), I take a deck of completed tiles with me. When the conversation gets around to “So what are you up to lately?” I show off my tiles. When someone says “Oh I really like that one” then I reply, “It’s yours. Keep it as a remembrance of this day.” I just love to see reactions on surprised and appreciative faces.
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Leslie Hancock on
I have most of my tiles in albums. But a favourite recent one is always in a frame to the shelf just to my right. At Christmas I put Bijou’s into tiny glass frames that sit as placeholders for my partner and I at our dinner table. And sometimes tiles get sent or given to special people too.
Jem on
Deborah Murdough on
I have two sets of double glass closet doors in my art space. I have started hanging them on the glass. Sooner or later I will fill those doors with my favorite pieces!
Ellen on
of my tiles on birthday cards but mostly keep
them in a special box and refer to them when I need inspiration .
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Amy Gill on
What fun ideas, I am now looking forward to sending Zentangle post cards. My daughter found a nice binder for me,that I enjoy filling. I also give them to any one that admires or shows interest, which leads to a demo and then to setting up a kit for them with any extra supplies I may have.
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