Hello friends and a very Happy Easter weekend to you.
May chocolate bunnies (a)bound in your days 😉
Our cool tangle today is named Ico and it’s from Japanese CZT Aya Sasaki. It’s her first on the site.
I’m thinking Ico has symbolism synchronicity with the history honored by Christians this weekend, Holy Trinity and so on.
In this simple tile, the Zentangle-original Onamato is combined with something Flux to fill the woven bands of Ico.
Aya writes:
I am Japanese. I live in Bangalore India.
I send you a new tangle, I hope tanglers around the world will enjoy it.
At first glance Ico might appear a bit complicated to tangle. But if you note that in Step 2 the curved aura starts directly above the far end of the adjacent rice shape, the rest will fall nicely into place. I was very tempted to add Doodah to my example but in the end decided on the minimalist approach …
Aya illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Ico below and she demonstrates it in a lovely tile with the Zentangle-original Hibred. As Aya demonstrates in both of her examples, Ico makes a pretty “string” to embellish with other tangles.
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April 7, 2023 | 
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Although I have seen other tangles whose stepouts begin with the “hole”, I’m always delightfully surprised to find another! It’s brilliant, really! Thank you, Aya, for offering Ico. It’s a lovely tangle!
Thank you for drawing ICO. I’m glad to hear that.
oh, I can’t wait to try this ? thank you for sharing!
Aya, I love your tangle! Such a lovely tangle to use for floral patterns. Can’t wait to try it. Thank you for sharing your tangle ICO with us?!
Looks like a fun play.
Thank you. So beautiful. It is what you make it.
These elements are perfect for the Celtic construction stuff I play with. Thank you for the breakdown.
Thank you so much
This is a beautiful tangle!! I can’t wait to try it!
A simple and highly satisfying idea. I love tangles that already suggest depth without even shading. This is tangle tangle.
Thank you so much. I’m so glad to hear you say that.
Lovely and fun to draw. Looks so much more complicated than it is! Thank you, Aya and Linda!
Beautiful pattern! Thank you for sharing!
Very nice and pleasant to draw, thanks for sharing, I like it very much!