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 pattern.
Check out the tag jjl for more of JJ’s patterns on TanglePatterns.com.
I used this tangle in my Zendala Dare 7, as the “rags” of a little bit of a rags to riches look, or maybe it’s a take on “you can take the girl out of the country (and dress her up fancy) but you can’t take the country out of the girl.” It’s a really great pattern — thanks for sharing it!