Hi there tangle fans, it’s time for our mid-week muse!
Japanese CZT Hiromi Kato shares her S-link tangle with us today. Biyon, her first tangle on the site, is also a twisty woven design that’s fun to tackle.
This one shares DNA with a Zentangle®-original as Hiromi explains,
S-link was born while I was practicing the tangle Hearty Wyfore, which also uses repeating S-shaped strokes.
As I watched the flow of the repeated S-curves, a different way of connecting them came to my mind.
By linking the S-shapes together in a new rhythm, a completely new pattern appeared — and that became S-link.
I named it “S-link” because all the S-shapes link together.
It took me a couple of practice rounds to get S-link connecting up smoothly, but when you focus on where the ends of the strokes pair up where they “go behind” in Steps 4 and 5 it’s a fun woven look to tangle. And a touch of graphite at the over-unders makes a big difference.
Hiromi illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing S-link below and features it in a lovely monotangle tangled in a flowing circle.
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A very bold design with original links. Once you get the hang of it, it’s easy and fun. It can be disassembled into simple units. The circular arrangement is the most spectacular, but this arrangement is not easy. The number of S’s must be even if you want to close the design with coherence. A challenging and stimulating proposal
Thank you so much, Tomàs.
I’m really happy that you enjoyed exploring S-link.
Your explanation about the circular version and the “even number of S’s” is so helpful!
Thank you for looking at it so deeply and for your kind words.