Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Stripes Challenge: Diva #182

This week, our Diva has for us a challenge to use stripes.

I filled a tile with striping not too long ago:



I don't know if this is in the spirit of the challenge, since it's a mono tangle AND because I actually made it before the challenge was issued.

But it looks cool enough, I thought I'd share it.
After all, is IS stripe-ed. (did anybody else grow up with the word stripe-ed a two syllable word? "get the stripe-ed umbrella" huh...just now remembering that. And "floweredy" A dress wasn't just flowered, it was floweredy.)








This is what I created in response to the challenge:


I made up my own string, but only two of the shapes stayed at the end: the arc across the background, and the pillar up the middle.
Patterns used are queen's crown, candy stripes, a riff on roel, umble, fandango, xyp, a row of printemps and dots, more queen's crown. The pillar is just striping. Oooh! It would be fun to make that striping look like a loose ribbon wrapped around!

A fun way to explore many tangle patterns :)
There are so many other patterns I want to play with, I'll probably do another stripe-ed tile. Or three.

18 comments:

  1. I like both of your tangles. I had just finished writing my blog and saying I started to do Striping, but haven't quite mastered it yet. I love seeing how everyone interprets these challenges.

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  2. Very nice tangles. The striping one is awesome (no striped was not two separate syllables where I grew up) Love the pillar of the second one - very nice overall effect.

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  3. love both tiles..I love the way they are shaded...

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  4. Both are wonderful, love your first Stripings is just beautiful, and the second Zen "Eiffel tower" effect is amazing.

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  5. I love the movement in that first tile. I have heard stripe-ed before but I don't know what region uses that. I have never heard flower-ed though. Interesting. Where are you from? I love the shimmer that you used in you pillar. I thought it was Zander at first.

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    1. I grew up in Salt Lake City, UT, not a Mormon. My grandma and mom used stripe-ed and flowerdy. I know a LOT of Salt Lake natives who haven't heard it in two syllables though, so I wonder if it isn't just an old fashioned way of speaking, that my grandma passed on, and my mom used.

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  6. Your Stripe-ed Tile is Fabulous. Your shading is wonderful and puts so much life into the piece. I love studying it. The Pillar Tile is a beautiful design and your use of patterns is intriguing. Two winning Tiles.

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  7. Both tiles are beautifully done, but your first one has so much depth and movement! Nicely done!

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  8. Both are wonderful! Especially I like the first one ... great 3D effect!

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  9. Like your monotangle. The larger piece has an architectural feel to it.

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  10. So nice movement in your mono-tangle! Well done :)

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  11. Love them both. I'm still working on trying to get Striping to look good. You've mastered it.

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