Zentangle’s Project Pack #05 introduces us to Zentangle Cartouches. As Maria notes in the introductory video:
Cartouche is an old-world word that we revived just for Zentangle. Traditionally a cartouche is a decorative frame surrounding an image or an inspiration.
Today we bring back this lovely word to describe our approach of using the Zentangle Method to create ornate frames and borders around photos and other items that we might want to make a home for.
SUPPLIES: This Project Pack is available here ($28.95) in the zentangle.com store and it’s certainly a convenient way to get all the supplies for the project. However for those of us whose budgets are tight, the Introduction video reviews the items in the Project Pack and you might discover you have suitable alternatives in your own Zentangle supplies.
The following chronology is a summary of the videos for Project Pack #05 with links to the individual videos. Either click the Day #’s title link or the image itself to view the full video on YouTube.
We take simple tangles and use them in unexpected ways. We work with different ways to mount photos and objects. Then we play with auras, tangle enhancers, and creative shading techniques to bring special focus to some of your most meaningful possessions.
It isn’t necessary to watch the videos in sequence, but it will be very helpful for you to watch the Introduction video first.
Introduction
Again, as I noted above, It isn’t necessary to watch the videos in sequence, but it will be very helpful for you to watch this video first.
“Join Rick and Maria in this introduction video as they explore the inspiration behind cartouches, the project pack materials and how to prepare and mount your keepsakes for tangling!
Project Pack No. 05 was inspired by the lost art of preserving or enhancing life’s special memories.
The Project Pack has all the supplies you will need to follow along with us as you adorn your most post precious keepsakes.
Gather up your treasured photographs, trinkets, stamps, tickets, coins, spoons, memorabilia and jewelry and showcase them in beautiful Zentangle displays.
Create the perfect gifts for family and friends.
Together, we will explore fun, and “outside-the-box” ideas on how to mount and “frame” your treasures using Zentangle inspired techniques.
Multiple video tutorials will guide you through the use of the Project Pack contents.
Each video will demonstrate a different way to create illuminations and borders. . . and perhaps a dingbatz or two.”
Day 1
In Day 1’s video (14:02) – “Tangle along with Maria as she guides you through the 1st video in the project pack series.” Maria’s cartouche sets off a photo of their grandson Wyatt.
Day 2
In Day 2’s video (13:00) – “Tangle along with Rick as he guides you through the 2nd video in the project pack series.” Rick’s cartouche frames a Japanese coin mounted on a tile using architectural putty.
Day 3
In Day 3’s video (15:13) – Tangle along with Molly as she guides you through the 3rd video in the project pack series. Molly’s cartouche surrounds a photo of herself with her siblings, Martha and Noah.
Day 4
In Day 4’s video (17:16) – Tangle along with Maria as she guides you through the 4th video in the project pack series. In this video Maria’s cartouche features a photo of herself with her father and she also demonstrates her Three & Three tangle.
Day 5
In Day 5’s video (21:35) – Tangle along with Martha as she guides you through the 5th video in the project pack series. Martha’s cartouche makes a lovely border for one of her wedding photos.
Day 6
In Day 6’s video (19:18) – Tangle along with Julie as she guides you through the 6th video in the project pack series. Julie’s subject for her cartouche is her pet lab, Albus. Harry Potter fans!
Day 7
In Day 7’s video (11:58) – Tangle along with Maria as she guides you through the 7th video in the project pack series. Maria mounts an antique watch from Rick’s family on black cardstock and embellishes it with a beautiful cartouche done with a gold Gelly Roll pen. Maria uses Doodah to embellish this tile.
Day 8
In Day 8’s video (13:47) – Tangle along with Maria as she guides you through the 8th video in the project pack series. Maria begins with an unusual string — “a wild and wonderful border” — which she then fills with tangles to frame another photo of their grandson Wyatt. Watch for the segment (around 9:23) where Maria does “a weighted version of Printemps“. [I’ve added this video to the Printemps page for future reference.]
Wrap-Up
In the final video in the Project Pack 5 Series (20:06) – Join Rick and Maria for the Project Pack Wrap-Up. Rick and Maria share some finished cartouche projects that did not appear in the series videos.
And there you have it. This recap of Zentangle’s Project Pack #05 will make it easy for you to find all the Zentangle Cartouche videos.
Remember the images above are linked to their YouTube video, simply click the image to go to the video.
For future reference you can locate this post on the TUTORIALS and the VIDEO tabs in the pink alphabetic tangle menu bar.
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Zentangle Project Pack Summaries on TanglePatterns
For your convenience here are the links to all of my Zentangle Project Pack summaries:- November 2017: Introducing Sakura’s White Gelly Roll Pens
- December 2017: The Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2017 Edition - A Stroll Down Memory Lane
- June 2018: A Zentangle Ensemble
- December 2018: The Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2018 Edition – Making a Zentangle Spinner
- April 2019: Zentangle Cartouches
- August 2019: No Mistakes
- December 2019: The Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2019 Edition – Light and Shade
- March 2020: Dancing in the Moonlight
- April 2020: Spring has Sprung
- July 2020: The Legend of Zentangle
- September 2020: Fee-PHI-Fo-Fun!
- December 2020: The Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2020 Edition - Zentangle Renaissance
- April 2021: Layers and Transitions
- May 2021: Accessing the Artist Within
- September 2021: Alphaborders, Letter Forms, Alphabets and the Birth of Zentangle
- December 2021: The Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2021 Edition - Keeping Score
- March 2022: The Kaleidoscope of Our Lives
- August 2022: Introducing Zentangle's new Translucen-Z Tiles
- December 2022: The Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2022 Edition - Zentomology
- March 17, 2023: Blossoming Tangles
- August 4, 2023: Organic Tangles: Tangles of a Botanical Nature
- December 2023: The Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2023 Edition - Exploring the Spiral
- March 15, 2024: The Birth of the Zentangle Method
- August 9, 2024: Crescent Moon & Aura
- December 2024: The Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2024 Edition
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These are the links to my Zentangle Apprentice Project Pack summaries:- January - February 2021: The Basics of the Zentangle Method
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Linda.Thank you for taking the time to put all of the project pack #05 together in one place.