Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Diva Challenge 179: Bijou

binial, writ large




The Diva challenge this week is to use a smaller size tile. Bijou is a little snail that migrated to the US from Paris, when Maria and Rick were traveling. It is a charming story, that you can find at diva challenge 179: bijou space    I don't have any Zentangle ™ tiles, but usually eyeball my measurements to the 3.5 inch size...or not. For me, until I get some Zentangle ® tiles in the house, the size isn't as important as the creativity and exploration.

However, with this challenge, I did get out my ruler and measured 2 inch squares to work in. One page of my sketch book can hold six two inch squares, so i did a couple of those.



On this page, I explored connecting the squares to each other just a bit. It was fun to do, but nothing struck me as special, really.












However, the binial, upper left corner, gave me an idea: why not take one element of a tiny design, and make it large, to fit into the two inch bijou square?



 binial, jessicup, pendrills, laBel, Rixty, and camelia


I liked this page better, but it was harder than I thought to find patterns with tiny elements to expand on. I wasn't really looking for grid things like camelia...but it's a favorite, so it's in.
















this one is my favorite. Binial.









Here, with a pen for scale.

this is a fun challenge, and I'm going to make a template out of card stock, so i can always have some bijou size spaces to work in.






8 comments:

  1. I really love the one where you connected them from tile to tile...just like a snail would move. Very cute :D

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  2. great tiles - what a good idea - to make something large on a small tile. I like the rixty and label tiles.

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  3. Wow, you have been quite busy and .... with beautiful results.

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  4. Love your concept of close up crops of patterns. Your tiles are very interesting and creative. Count me in on this idea. Terrific.

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  5. HeidiSue, I just love how you let the tangles flow off the squares in the top picture. :0) share Humanity

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  6. Wonderful! Especially I like your way of connecting the litte squares!

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  7. I like your idea of taking "one element of a tiny design and make it large". It works well and you have some delightful tiles.

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  8. Love the enlargement idea. I like your Rixty and LaBel.

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