Tangle 0-Float

Feb 11

In January 2020, I made some changes to my new website. So now I plan to link a few of my old blogs here, the ones that caught the interest of many tanglers.

I just want to simplify my website, so the navigation is easy, clean and beautiful.

In the year 2020, I made many resolutions, and one of the most natural of the act that came to me was - Minimalist.

I have minimalist items to wear, to use, to read, and more time for people who matter the most. I also wanted to clutter-free my Instagram and so I brought down many of my older art photos and videos.

And now, tried to bring the same experience to my blogging style and website here.

I hope, I continue to give more personal touch to all of you here, who regularly read my blogs and comment on me on Facebook/Instagram Stories and Posts.

Here’s the little story behind this Tangle O-Float.

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In March 2019, I and my daughter took a week's holiday at my parent’s home. I was looking forward to break-free from the daily routine and the recent crazy weeks of Kid’s final exams. My kid studies very well, and she is bright in all subjects, but then, it’s only the exam times they need to be in a proper routine with good food, playtime, and ample rest time. And as a parent, I try my best here. It’s only at such times, I generally lean to Zentangle for relaxation and the beautiful Zentangle Community helps in uplifting energy and spirit.

On my trip, I carried my favorite Zentangle kinds of stuff, not too many, just the needful. I remembered my Canson Mi-Tientes Pastel Sheets lying in my cupboard, unopened. For so long, I have been wanting to play on it, so I cut some 4-inch tile sizes of my assorted colors of the Canson Mi-Tientes. I am so glad I played with it.

So, the holidays spent at Mum's place were great. Used to wake up late in the morning, welcomed by hot tea and lovely paranthas or poha for a breakfast. And then take bath, get freshened up, talk to mum and dad for a while and then carry my Zentile to some corner space of the house and simply draw till evening dusk time. And then when my dad and sister came home from their respective jobs, we as a family, all five of us including Akshara (my 10-year-old daughter) would play a few rounds of Rummy Card Game. This was so fun and relaxing, just as I wanted.

So on one fine noon, while I was trying my new Tan Tile from the Canson Sheets, I was creative and trying to draw some random tangle from my memory, that’s when I birthed this new tangle pattern Tangle Ofloat.

I wish I remember the tangle pattern I was trying to sum-up in mind!

I finished my tan tile and excitedly showed it to my mom and asked her what it resembles, and in an instant, she said, that it looks like Oil Floating over water and we both agreed on how some patterns appear over our Indian Curries when oil mixes with the water. So, that inspired me to keep this tangle named as OFloat for “Oil Float”.

Here’s the step-out of Tangle Ofloat