UK tangler Sarah Fowler launches this week of our creative tangle explorations with her lovely Esher “(pronounced eeesher)” tangle.
Esher is Sarah’s sixth tangle on the site; her first was the whimsical Strutz, a personal favorite.
Sarah describes how Esher came about and the inspiration for its name:
Esher (pronounced eeesher) is a town in Surrey, south of London.
In May I was meeting up with two CZT’s at Claremont Landscape Gardens, in Esher, and had been playing with this pattern in my garden, deconstructing a nearby primula …. well, just thought Esher would be the appropriate name for it 🙂
A little bit more extra info about Claremont Landscape Gardens …. it was the residence of Prince Leopold who was the uncle of Queen Victoria. It became one of her most favourite places to go as she used to visit there as a child. Being very closeted at the palace, this was her only chance to play and run about so she became very attached to it.
What a gorgeous playground, not hard to see why it was/is a favorite destination!
Sarah included several sample tiles of Esher, this first one is her duotangle tile with Tomàs Padrós’s All Stars.
Next, a sweet monotangle Renaissance Zendala with lovely highlights using a white charcoal pencil:
And this colorful ZIA tile is by by UK CZT Jane Goddard. Jane includes Esher together with Carla du Preez’s Pop-Cloud on a tile with a background created using Brusho Color Crystals.
Esher is constructed using the clever technique Maria Thomas first demonstrated for us with her Zentangle®-original Icanthis tangle, placing U shapes to form the base of the leaf – or in this case petal – forms.
Sarah illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Esher below where she features it in a duotangle with CZT Michele Beauchamp’s Mak-rah-mee.
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Lovely summery pattern Sarah. Thanks for sharing.
I’m going to have to put a lot more practice into this pattern…my initial drawings came out looking exactly like the tangle pattern “Amoeba”! I like this one, though, it having a gentleness to it that my drawings, whether tangles or other, often need 🙂
I like drawing organic patterns, this one looks to me very pleasant to draw and is also nice! Thank you!
It’s the shading that makes this tangle so cool! Thanks Sarah and Linda!!
Congratulations Sarah. So glad this one got accecpted. Happy memories!
I like patterns that are oriented around five. Thanks for a new fave for me.
A fun easy organic botanical style tangle. Should be a fun one to play with when I get around to more play time.
This is so sweet and lovely. Primulas are one of my fav flowers. Looking forward to using this! Thank you Sarah and Linda!
I love organic botanicals and this one is very cool! Can’t wait to try it, Saffy! Love the pics you included.
I love your new tangle, Sarah! Fun and easy to draw while creating such wonderfully organic shapes. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
love this pattern its a great filler an fits in well i love using it and how you can make them pop with a little shading thank you Sarah for this amazing tangle