Olipze is an interesting and unusual new tangle from New York CZT Jody Genovese, it’s her fourth tangle on the site.
Jody writes that she deconstructed Olipze after browsing through a book on tiling and patterns and the terminology was getting pretty technical …
It was really getting into the weeds for me … I stumbled across a couple of words I did recognize, those being open and ellipse.
I combined them to be Olipze as nothing flashy was coming to mind.
Olipze requires a bit of practice to get going, but once you observe the patterns of the spacing and the consistent angles of all those rice shapes you’ll be off to the races.
(Slow races, this is Zentangle!)
Jody illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Olipze below where she includes three beautiful Zentangle tiles featuring Olipze in various configurations. The first tile includes the Zentangle-originals Diva Dance and Purk with some Tipple-y orbs and Zinger-y bits, the center tile is a cool monotangle and the third uses Olipze as a grid framework filled with more Zentangle-original tangles including Florz and Paradox.
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Martha Stewart’s blog features post about Zentangle
Earlier this year Zentangle co-founders Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas were interviewed by freelance writer Alexandra Lim-Chua Wee for the blog at MarthaStewart.com.
Check out Alexandra’s article posted last week: Try Zentangle: Your New De-Stressing Method, and be sure to leave a comment!
As Rick says, “Your comments will demonstrate the interest in Zentangle and may inspire a follow-up with Martha Stewart.”
There are 3,000 CZTs worldwide and tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of Zentangle enthusiasts, surely we can act on Rick’s request and get a few hundred comments ???
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September 27, 2017 | 
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I will love playing with this one. I particularly like the hexagon-type shape formed by the interlocking rice shapes, and they will be a fun shape to tangle! Thank you for this tangle, Jody!
That is very kind. Thank you Rosemary.
Congratulations, Jody, to your wonderful pattern being released today!!! Looking forward to using it!!!!!
Thank you my friend. You are always so supportive.
This is marvelous, Jody. I, too, am interested in tiling. Do you mind leaving a reply and including the reference that inspired your tangle? Thank you. Linda
Thank you so much Linda. I picked up a book called Tilings & Patterns by Grunbaum and Shepard. I could be wrong, but I think Linda Farmer recommended it, or at least there was a reference to it on this site a few months back. It is very mathematical, but has some wonderful patterns just waiting to be deconstructed! Enjoy.
Jody
Cngratulations Jody with another tangle on tangle patterns.Looking forward to giving it a go. Great tiles too. Looks fun!
Thanks Debbie. It seems to have a lot of possibilities.
Yey! Well done Jody! looks like a fun one. Thank you for sharing xxx
Hi Sarah! Thank you. It takes a couple of tries and then it becomes easy to do.
That third tile really caught my eye when I opened the page. Congratulations on another great tangle, Jody!
Hi Jennifer and thank you! Doing it bigger is much more fun. Lots of things to do with the middle. I want to try a fragment in there next! I appreciate you leaving a comment.
Jody this looks like a winner for sure, I am looking forward to playing with it! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Sue. Glad to share. I am looking forward to seeing what you do with it!
Interesting play. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Sue, glad to share.
Nice tangle. I am finding it difficult to reproduce as beautifully and accurately as Jody.
Hi Nordzin,
It takes a couple of tries. It even did for me as I was developing it and then suddenly the pattern clicks. I hope you will keep playing as there are so many things you can do with the middle if you go larger with it. I appreciate the feedback.
Neat! It has diamond plate steel vibe to it.
Thank you AiRuiJia..I love that idea. I was seeing a crocheted thing, especially with the monotangle, but that is a neat way to look at it.
Thank you, AiRuiJia. I didn’t see that at first. This is definitely going into my collection of steampunk tangles.
This one is so cool Jody! Thanks for sharing.