Announcing another Zentangle®-original tangle, “a fun new tangle that’s a bit different because the entire tangle component (we’re calling it a ‘pod’ for now) is completed in one continuous stroke. ”
Zentangle originators Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts just posted this video of their latest pattern Mooka, inspired by the art of Alphonse Maria Mucha.
Enjoy!!
Rick and Maria also posted Maria’s step-by-step instructions for drawing the Mooka tangle in their latest newsletter here. The examples they demonstrate are in their post here. The example on the right is the one I first posted on the site but I’ve recently decided a more traditional example was called for.
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Update December 15, 2017 – Project Pack #02. As part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2017 Edition, in this Day 5 video Maria demonstrates how to tangle “Kissing Mookas”. For the video showing how to prepare the Zendala tiles, visit this blog post.
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Update September 14, 2018 – Maria posted a simplified way to tangle Mooka in this video.
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UPDATE December 6, 2018 – Project Pack #04. As part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2018 Edition series, in this Day 4 video starting at 09:27 Maria demonstrates how to tangle Mooka.
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UPDATE March 4, 2020 – Project Pack #8. As part of the Dancing in the Moonlight project pack, with Rick keeping her company, Maria tangles Well, Mooka, Tripoli, a “Kite on a String” motif, Printemps, Gourdgeous, and Fife on several different black prestrung Zendala tiles:
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Martha Introduces Spiraling Mooka
UPDATE July 19, 2020 – Project Pack #10. As part of The Legend of Zentangle project pack series, Martha tangles Spiraling Mooka starting at 02:00 in this video.
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UPDATE July 23, 2020 – Project Pack #10. As part of The Legend of Zentangle project pack series, Maria tangles Mooka at 15:20.
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UPDATE July 23, 2020 – Project Pack #10. As part of The Legend of Zentangle project pack series, Maria tangles a Mooka tangleation at 19:31.
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UPDATE July 26, 2020 – Project Pack #10. As part of The Legend of Zentangle project pack series, starting at 02:14 Maria shows her tile combining Doodah, Mooka, and Huggins.
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UPDATE December 12, 2020 – Project Pack #12. As part of the 12 Days of Zentangle, 2020 Zentangle Renaissance project pack, Molly tangles Mooka on a Renaissance tan tile beginning at 23:35.
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UPDATE December 22, 2020 – Project Pack #12. As part of the 12 Days of Zentangle, 2020 Zentangle Renaissance project pack, Maria tangles Mi2, Mooka and Therefore on a regular square Renaissance tan tile.
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UPDATE March 30, 2021 – Project Pack #13. As part of the Layers & Transitions project pack, Maria tangles Mooka, Springkle and Bunzo on a grey Phi tile.
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UPDATE August 30, 2021 – Project Pack #15. As part of the Letterforms, Alphabets and the Birth of Zentangle project pack, Molly tangles Mooka beginning at 07:56 in this video.
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UPDATE December 19, 2021 – Project Pack #16. As part of the 12 Days of Zentangle – Keeping Score project pack, Molly tangles Mooka at 11:37 in this video.
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UPDATE March 17, 2022 – Project Pack #17. As part of the The Kaleidoscope of Our Lives project pack, Maria tangles a Mooka tendril at 02:49 in this video:
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UPDATE 08/24/2022 – Project Pack #18. As part of the Introducing Zentangle’s new Translucen-Z Tiles project pack, Maria tangles Mooka in this video:
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UPDATE August 30, 2022 – Project Pack #18. As part of the Introducing Zentangle’s new Translucen-Z Tiles project pack, Maria tangles Mooka, Knightsbridge and Gourdgeous in this video:
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UPDATE May 25, 2023 – As part of Zentangle’s 21-day challenge honoring May’s Mental Health Awareness month, Day 15’s Bijouism is Be Well and Maria tangles Mooka in this 20:26 minute limited-audio video.
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UPDATE August 12, 2023 – Project Pack #21. As part of the Organic Tangles: Tangles of a Botanical Nature project pack, in this video Molly tangles an imaginary Singing Mrth Blossom specimen using Fescu, Springkle (Fescu+Indy-Rella), Scena, Mooka, and Sampson.
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UPDATE August 16, 2023 – Project Pack #21. As part of the Organic Tangles: Tangles of a Botanical Nature project pack, Molly and Martha create their Fee Fi Fo Foundabout specimen using Mooka, Printemps and Foundabout in this video:
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UPDATE December 7, 2023 – Project Pack #22. As part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2023 Edition project pack, Molly and Martha tangle Mooka, Knightsbridge (18:40) and Tipple (23:04) on a prestrung 5byPhive tile in this video:
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UPDATE March 23, 2024 – Project Pack #23. As part of the Birth of the Zentangle Method project pack, Martha tangles Betweed and Mooka on the project template in this video:
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UPDATE April 2, 2024 – Project Pack #23. As part of the Birth of the Zentangle Method project pack, Maria tangles Mooka and Well in this video:
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UPDATE March 20, 2025 – Project Pack #26. As part of the The Elegance of Limits project pack, Martha and Molly tangle a Mooka variation, Knightsbridge, a Pokeroot variation (“Festune berries”), Locar and ‘Nzeppel in this video:
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Oh – how – lovely !!!!! Thanks alot!!!
OMG!! I have always loved the art deco look and this looks so fun, yet so elegant!
Thanks for showing the video!!
This is such a lovely pattern and I love watching Maria’s penmanship.
For those wondering about it, I believe the pen she opens the video with is known as a calligrapher’s oblique pen, used for Copperplate scripts. You can see it up close here: http://www.paperpenalia.com/flex2.html.
You can find the Speedball set on Amazon – Speedball Oblique Pen Set
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Maria’s years and years of calligraphy experience really shines, doesn’t it? You won’t find that on Amazon!
Hi Linda, Rick & Maria et al 🙂
I was away for a while, and returned home to this gorgeous, gorgeous Mooka/Mucha design – it’s a totally devine Tangle. Thank you so much for posting this video here for us all to see. Makes you want to get stuck right in doesn’t it :-)?!!
ta-ra for now,
Les: ) XX
‘Mooka’ will truly be one of my favorite patterns. Beautiful and so adaptable! Why don’t you call the pattern segments ‘zegments’?
This is just gorgeous….I can’t wait to try it. Love it.
I’ve always loved the botanical, tangly look of ‘art nouveau’. And I really like your version for the label Linda!
–Margaret
This is one of my favorites! Whenever I’m not sure what to Tangle- I choose this one.
This is beautiful–you too/two are beautiful! This was so fun to watch! Thanks for sharing you talent with us. This is going to bring a lot of pleasure to me!
WOW…. I have just discovered this…..I am starting to decorate gourds with pyrography. I can’t wait to try this on one…Thanks for sharing….Judy
What was that beautiful bent nib fountain pen?!
Hi Heather, I believe you’re referring to the calligrapher’s oblique pointed pen?
Where did the name mooka come from?
The answer can be found by reading the post 🙂
I’m new to Zentangle and my sister recently gave me some tiles and sketch paper. I just signed up for this site and am so excited to learn new tangles. This one is very unique and I think I need to practice lots. Me and my pen are still timid – lol. Thanks for the video.
I just saw the video of Maria doing Simplified Mooka! Wow! I love watching Maria tangle – it’s so natural and beautiful. Thank you so much for posting this!
In Zentangle’s “21 Days of Bijouisms” series honoring Mental Health Awareness Month, today’s bijouism is Discover and today’s tangle is Mooka.