Hello my tangling friends!
I trust your weekend was relaxing and you’re all set to continue that vibe with some fresh tangle inspiration.
Today’s sweet Lorp tangle is from Japanese CZT Etuko Tani and it’s her first on the site.
Etuko introduces herself and describes how she came up with her tangle:
I became a CZT for the first time in Oita Prefecture, Japan. Oita is located in Kyushu and is famous for its hot springs
such as Beppu and Yufuin.
I love organic tangles and have drawn many of them. [I wondered] if there was a tangle that could be used for both leaves and petals… I began to think of Lorp. The name is derived from “Leaf or Petal”.
You can draw them like tree branches (No. 4) or flowers (No. 5), or you can arrange them vertically or horizontally, or draw them in a spiral shape to make them flutter.
The aura section is black when you want DRAMA! The gray of the pencil gives a soft impression.
In my ever-challenging efforts on this site to stay true to the Zentangle® definition of a tangle being non-representational — “Non-representational art is work that does not represent or depict a being, place, or thing” — for my example I used Lorp as a ribbon-style tangle as also shown in Etuko’s tile below.
From The Book of Zentangle:
“Keep it non-representational. Zentangle artwork is intended to be non-representational. Zentangle’s elemental strokes are also non-representational. We don’t teach complex elements such as hearts, stars or flowers. Tangles are also non-representational.”
Etuko illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Lorp below and in her tile she shows it both as a ribbon-style tangle and in a duotangle with the Zentangle-original Tipple “in a spiral shape to make them flutter.”
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October 28, 2024 | 
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Very nice – could be used as a border, leaves, and petals.
I love leaf-like tangles as they can be used in so many ways, and this one certainly can. I think the line between drawing a leaf and drawing a tangle that is leaf-like really comes down to the attitude you bring to doing Zentangle. If there is no effort to “draw a leaf” so it looks like a REAL leaf, but rather an effort to create something one stroke at a time, then you are on the right track.