Official Zentangle® Kit
This is the Zentangle product I personally recommend most highly.
The Official Kit contains a complete DVD tutorial and all the supplies you need to get started in a beautiful portable green gift box that fits like a book on a shelf. It’s a workshop in a box!
For just $49 (plus shipping, see below), it is a priceless gift to give yourself and anyone you love. Here’s what’s in it:
- Instruction DVD and companion “Beginning Zentangle” booklet (more details below)
- 2 Sakura Micron 01 pens of permanent, waterproof pigment ink – a joy to use!
- 2 soft-leaded Zentangle-branded pencils and a high quality sharpener
- 34 tiles – so-called because they can be put together in a larger mosaic. These tiles are mould-made, acid-free, 100% cotton, heavy-weight fine artists’ archival print-making paper with a beautiful vellum surface. This is the most responsive drawing surface for your Zentangle art, and the completed tiles make your creations frame-worthy.
- a tile-sized card called a Zentangle Legend™ with with 20 numbered and named Tangles and instructions on the back
- an icosahedron – a 20-sided die. If you’re stumped about what pattern to do next, or if you want to do a new pattern, just roll your icosahedron and do whatever pattern corresponds.
Here is what Zentangle founders Rick Roberts and and Maria Thomas have to say about the Kit:
“When we designed our Zentangle Kit, a main guideline was to use quality materials. Whenever you create something, we believe it is important to use the best materials possible – out of respect for yourself and out of respect for what you are creating. Using fine materials and tools, and caring for them, can raise your level of focus and inspiration and inspires even greater creativity in ways that you might not even imagine. “
In my opinion, the most valuable item is the Tutorial on DVD – this alone is worth the cost of the Kit. You will watch Maria in action and play along with her as she takes you through drawing your first Zentangle accompanied by the soft, soothing meditative sounds of Rick’s flute music.
The kit’s DVD is almost 29 minutes long and is without audio except for Rick’s soothing flute music as background to Maria’s drawing. It begins with Maria demonstrating the simple steps to the Zentangle ceremony and then creating 3 completely different Zentangle tiles as you learn how to draw 18 tangles – quite a few of which are not published online so this is the only place to see them. She shades each tile when complete. A few of the drawing segments have fast forward bits once you get the idea of how to draw a particular tangle. Each tangle is identified by screen titles as Maria begins to draw them.
The Beginning Zentangle booklet included in the Kit contains “instructions and diagrams to let you create a Zentangle and intentionally cultivate a state of mind.” It also contains 18 suggestions of strings to get you started, how-to instructions for 8 official tangles, examples of shading, and images of 16 more official tangles for you to use.
If you love Zentangle, you must have an Official Kit.
Place your order now (for International Orders see Shipping Information below FIRST)
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Shipping Information for US Orders
Currently I am shipping Zentangle products by USPS to US destinations Priority Mail:
- Medium Flat Rate Box
- delivered in 2-3 days
- the shipping charge for up to 6 kits is $10.85
If you have other shipping requirements, or are ordering more than 6 kits please email me (see top left corner of page). I will be happy to work out whatever arrangements you need. Thanks!
Shipping information for Canadian orders
Currently I am shipping Zentangle products by First Class Mail to Canada. The cost for shipping 1 kit by First Class Mail is about the same as US Priority Mail, $10.85. So if you are ordering for shipping to Canada, simply use the 1 Kit button selection above and be sure to put your correct shipping address in the PayPal information. Shipping by First Class Mail takes about 10 days to delivery depending on Canada Post.
If you wish to order more than 1 Kit for shipping to Canada please contact me first so we can work out the details as the cost varies with weight of the package.
Shipping Information for Other International Orders
This is for US & Canada orders only.
If you are located in another country I recommend you order from an in-county CZT® (Certified Zentangle Teacher) because your shipping charge will be less than I can offer.
If you are in a country where there are no CZTs, please email me (linda [at] tanglepatterns [dot] com) and we will work out a solution for your needs.
Dear Linda: I enjoy your site tremendously and always look forward to each email I receive. I would love to receive the Zentangle Guide for 2012 and would be more than happy to donate $10 to receive it, however, I purchased the Official Zentangle Kit a few months ago from the official site along with many of the other materials that were available, spending about $90.00. So, I am really not in need of another kit. Would it be possible for me to make the donation of $10.00 and still receive your 2012 Guide.
Please let me know ASAP because I am so excited to have it.
Again, thank you for your wonderful and informative site that must take hours and hours for you to maintain. I am a newbie – but I’ve spent many wonderful, peaceful hours enjoying this artform.
Sincerely,
Carrie
Thanks for your heads up that I wasn’t exactly clear on the “rules”, it’s OR not AND.
If you donate, or subscribe annually, OR purchase a Kit here from my store, I will send my thank you gift of the TANGLE GUIDE. Thanks so much for your support and your enthusiasm!
So since I receive emails does this qualify me to receive your Tangle Guide? I really look forward to your patterns even if I don’t always get the chance to try them right away.
Hi Cindy, the email/newsletter is a free service of Feedburner/Google and thus does not financially support the site so if you wish a copy of the TANGLE GUIDE, please visit the Donate page. Thanks!
I have been painting mandalas for many years and I just found Zentangle and Im facinated with it. I would like the kit but I live in Cuernavaca in Mexico. So I was woundering if you could help me with what kind of paper to use.
Thanks
Hi Rossana, I’ll check with the post office to see what the shipping cost is to Mexico and I’ll contact you by email. The official Zentangle tiles are die cut from Fabriano Tiepolo fine print-making paper. Hope that helps! Welcome to Zentangle Land!
Thank you so much. Let´s hope it can be sent out here.
What is a good pencil for shading?
I am new–joined your site tonight.
Thank you
Welcome, Mary Ann. Just your regular everyday soft lead (No 2. HB) pencil is good for shading. The soft lead can be blended with a blending stump. You might also want to check out the tips on the TIPS & TOOLS > SHADING page. Happy tangling!