Welcome to the other side! It was a very late night/early morning for us watching all the results. Nap time this afternoon, methinks, while you all enjoy …
Today’s gorgeous Bonnie tangle is from Australian CZT Jennifer Jones, and it’s her first on the site.
Jennifer introduces herself,
“I’m from Sydney, Australia. I’ve always loved all kinds of art. After discovering the Zentangle Method™ I became completely intrigued. In 2015 I travelled to Providence to become CZT#18 which was a wonderful experience.
The inspiration for this tangle came when I was experimenting with different tangles for an upcoming Zentangle Workshop. I became fascinated with the versatility of Bonnie. Depending on the placement/shading Bonnie can either be the focus of the tile or it seems to optically look like something else!
Bonnie also looks great in a border.
I named this tangle Bonnie which is the nickname for our first granddaughter, born in October!“
I’m guessing Jennifer isn’t aware of this, but Bonnie is actually a “slice” extracted from CZT Jana Pharmer’s Stella tangle. A sort of fragment, in a way (I can hear minds going into gear). And Jennifer has taken it to really interesting places which you can see in this collage of her beautiful Bonnie tiles which I’ve included as an enticement to experiment. You can view and enjoy the original enlarged version on her website.
Jennifer illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Bonnie below, “My example tile shows Bonnie with Sand Swirl by Kerry Heun and a bit of Crescent Moon by Rick & Maria. More examples for using Bonnie can be found on my website.” In her tile Jennifer has stacked two Bonnie elements coming from each corner resulting in a fascinating meta-pattern in the center.
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November 7, 2018 | 
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OMG !! This is truly a beautiful tangle…Thank you so much Jennifer !
Love the fragment aspect of this. Will be fun to play with on borders or grids.
Congratulations Jennifer this looks like a very interesting tangle. Will have a play with it.
Mary
Beautiful Tangle!
I’ve always loved the way tangles take on a life of their own. When Stella was created several years ago it NEVER occurred to me she could be sliced! I love it!
Lovely tangle! There are so many ways to use it! Thank you Jennifer!
Loving the meta pattern!
Linda, how do you keep all of these tangles straight??? I saw this tangle, and read your comment that it was a “Slice” out of Janna Roger’s Stella tangle. . . . That led me to find “Stella”. What beautiful tangles! Thank you for sharing! I have to be sure to turn my tile to keep it from being too wonky!