Greetings y’all!
Welcome back for a fun tangle and perhaps an addictive new artsy interest – if you aren’t there already.
New York CZT Jody Genovese returns today with her sweet LazyDaizy tangle. Jody has almost three dozen great tangles on the site, be sure to check them out.
This fun, free-form tangle created simply from C-shapes, grows outwards organically to cover or fill as much of your Zentangle® tile as you want. Or until you run out of space.
Jody shares her inspiration for LazyDaizy:
I am always taking screen shots of things and while looking for a photo recently I came across this one.
I don’t even remember what it is from except to say it looks like it may be from a book or something. I started to play with it and it was easy and a fun filler. [Linda’s note: I have no idea how/why but I recognized this as a Marimekko fabric design.]
I’ve done a few variations and I’m calling it LazyDaizy because it resembles petals, but they are more like a C shape and you don’t have to complete the petal shape. There is a variation where you can, but the main pattern does not. It’s a fast easy filler and only uses two shapes so I thought it could work.
In my mind I imagine LazyDaisy smells lovely, almost like Hyacinths 😉 Afterthought: It shares DNA with Denielle Noe’s Lazy Eights, they’d make a good duotangle.
Jody illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing LazyDaizy below. She includes a Zendala and three Bijou tiles featuring interesting ways to explore her tangle. I’m particularly fond of the sweet little cluster on the white Bijou. “My zendala has a gelli plate printed background, which was nice to draw on actually.”
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Gel Plate Printing
If you haven’t already fallen down the gel press/gel plate rabbit hole, you’re in for a totally fun and highly addictive art treat!
What is it?
Gel plate printing, also known as Gelli plate printing, is a form of monoprinting that uses a flexible, reusable printing plate to create unique prints. The plate is coated with ink or paint, then textures and patterns are created using various techniques, and a print is transferred to paper or fabric.
While it’s possible to make your own gel plate and you can find instructions online, they’re perishable and must be stored in the refrigerator, a cumbersome and space-devouring item which definitely doesn’t work in my house. More trouble than it’s worth.
To my knowledge, about 10 years ago Gelli Arts was the first company to come out with a commercially available – at a very reasonable cost – nonperishable “gelli plate”. Their plates come in a variety of sizes that are easily stored in their clamshell packaging at room temperature. Here’s a great short intro video (2:11).
In 2014, Gelli Arts co-founder Joan Bess published an excellent book, “Gelli Plate Printing: Mixed-Media Monoprinting Without a Press“, to my knowledge it was the forerunner of many more on the subject.
Gelli Arts was followed quickly by Gel Press in putting out similar products. Both websites have great tutorials and of course you can find a lifetime of YouTube tutorials on using them. Since then many other companies like Ranger and Joggles have come out with their gel plates too, so you’re spoiled for choice.
As I said, a very addictive and fun hobby and soon you’ll end up with more colorful printed papers than you’ll know what to do with. Don’t say you weren’t warned. 😉
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Nice new pattern and many thanks for the interesting technique of gelli plates.
This is really cool,I can’t wait to try it!
A great floral Tangle, Jody! Floral tangles are my favourite and this one is beautiful. So versatile and will be using LazyDaizy often! Thanks, Linda, for your website!!