The Zuan Shi tangle pattern was created by JJ Labarbera who also brought us the very popular Arc Flower, and Longwood.

JJ writes, “This pattern is inspired by a piece of Chinese furniture that I saw at the Freer Gallery in Washington, DC.  I failed to note the makers name, or I would have named the pattern for him/her.  I instead, chose the Chinese word for diamond.”

JJ shows Zuan Shi in several shading variations with her instructions. I chose to shade the inside of each diamond shape for my example. Each shading variation gives a different 3D look to the pattern.

JJ illustrates the steps for drawing Zuan Shi, here. JJ also includes a photo of the piece of furniture that inspired her tangle pattern.

Check out the tag jjl for more of JJ’s patterns on TanglePatterns.com.

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