A very happy Monday to you and many thanks for your comments and email wishes making my birthday yesterday so special.
I had such a lovely weekend visiting with my family via text, phone and video. Enjoying special meals dining out for my favorite Italian cuisine, and dining in courtesy of Robert’s grilling expertise. Watching a few Women’s World Cup matches. AND total avoidance of my “to do” list — I shall bask in this glow all week 🙂
For our Monday tangle we’re exploring another fun and easy one from Belgian CZT Ria Matheussen. Decoo has loads of interesting potential as you’ll see in Ria’s illustrations.
Ria enjoys going on tangle hunts and she explains how Decoo came about and describes a few ways to use it:
In the past I have found inspiration in Art Nouveau (Horti) and Art Deco (Nouvart) and now again I searched in that area.
Decoo was inspired by a detail of an Art Deco work, shown here.
There a lot of “Printemps” used in this tangle that can be drawn as a ribbon or border, or as a filler.
As background you can place every “stroke” in the same direction or you can mirror, which gives a totally different result. Many variations are possible and I have found a few of them.
Decoo is easy to draw and easy to combine with other tangles. I have made my strokes straight but also curved ones are possible.
I explored the fun mirrored version of Decoo Ria shows below but in the end decided on the basic form to use for my example. There are lots of fun ways to go with this one!
Ria illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Decoo here and she includes suggestions for ways to vary it, including that fun mirrored version. “Under the steps I have made a composition with two other patterns, I like to use regularly: Phroz and Fassett.”
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June 24, 2019 | 
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This is a lovely tangle Ria. I will definitely put it on my ‘to try’ list.
Thank you very much Chrissie for your comment.I’m sure you will find more variations and I hope you will enjoy exploring Decoo!
Ooh, I like this. I love art deco as well! I will enjoy using it, thanks.
Art Decoo is wonderful, just as Art Nouveau and I think, there are still patterns to discover. I wish you pleasant moments while drawing Decoo. Thank you very much for your comment.
Looks like a great pattern Ria
Thank you very much Susan for your kind comment. As you can see on the picture, I simplified the pattern on the picture but there are many options to bring variation in Decoo and/or fill/colour the spaces between the “Printemps”. I hope you have fun while exploring Decoo
I love this one, Ria! This will work well with my current passion, Klimt ribbons! Thank you, Ria and Linda!
Wow Jennifer, Klimt ribbons, that sounds fantastic, it is a wonderful challenge and I’m glad you can use Decoo. As I wrote in the other replies, I’m sure, more variations are possible. This pattern is very basic and you can fill or add as much as you want. Thank you very much for this compliment.
I really like your inspiration for this one Ria. I agree this can go in a million different directions. Thank you for another great launch pad. Adding to my list! 🙂
By filling the spaces between the smaller and the bigger “Printemps” (as on the pic) you can get more depth and the tangle gets a total different look, I’m glad you see that and I thank you very much for this nice compliment! It’s always pleasant to go” hunting” and finding something familiar but still different…
Put it in the play file. Be intersting to see where this one take me.
Thanks Ria for the share.
Thank you very much Sue Leslie for your kind comment. I’m glad you have put Decoo in the play file and I hope you will enjoy this new tangle!
Ria, I love this! Thank you for sharing it.
Linda, I didn’t know you had had a birthday, so, belatedly, Happy Birthday! Bask in the glow all week!
Thanks Joyce for your support. I’m glad you will explore Decoo and I wish you succes!
Zeer bruikbaar patroon. Vooral de gespiegelde versie geeft mooie resultaten.
Google Translate; Very useful pattern. Especially the mirrored version gives great results.
Ja Luc, dat is ook mijn favoriet maar ik geef eerlijk toe dat je dan bijzonder goed moet opletten m.b.t. de juiste richting van de krulletjes van Printemps. Zelf heb ik die eerste keer een paar foutjes gemaakt. Ik heb altijd wat moeite met logica.
Dank je wel voor je comment.
Google Translate: Yes Luc, that is also my favorite but I honestly admit that you have to pay particular attention with regard to the correct direction of the curls of Printemps. I myself made a few mistakes that first time. I always have trouble with logic.
Thank you for your comment.
I have always loved anything art deco and this is perfect for me!! Thank you so much for sharing, Ria:)
Thank you very much Lise for giving me such a nice compliment, I hope you will enjoy exploring Decoo!
I always love Art Deco patterns. thank you for the source of inspiration and the wonderful tangle instructions.
Maybe you can find more variations on this basic tangle and use them on your tiles. I’m glad you like Decoo and I thank you very much for your kind feedback!
This is a lovely one, must give it a try!
Thank you so much Sue for this nice compliment, I wish you succes while exploring Decoo!
Discovered this lovely tangle thanks to comments left by others, and given my love of Art Deco, I am thrilled! I can envision this tangle growing on lots of tiles 🙂
What a pleasant surprise to get another comment on Decoo. Me too love Art Nouveau and Art Deco very much and I’m glad you like this pattern. Thank you very much for your kind words!