The lovely Sutygal is a tangle deconstructed by Jenny Lundak from a photograph of some tiles taken by her friend Susan while visiting Portugal. Thus the name Sutygal.
Though it appears complex-looking, Sutygal is very simple to construct. It’s composed of a simple series of curved strokes placed within a grid.
This is Jenny’s first tangle on the site and here she tells us a bit about herself,
I live on South Padre Island in Texas, which we love for the windsurfing, kite buggying, paddleboarding and kayaking. I retired a year ago and have just unleashed my creativity. I started learning to Zentangle early in retirement when a friend showed me how, while I was sick. I spent three days practicing and learning tangles as I recovered. Ever since I have been tangling on pottery, fabric and, of course, paper. Susan is the friend that introduced me to Zentangle and when she went to Portugal she posted a picture of the tile, below.
I challenged her and another friend to come up with tangles based on the tile. It is so intricate, I thought we could come up with about 10 different tangles inspired by it. I said I would make one called Sutygal for Susan’s tile from Portugal, and so I did, and you have it. I am waiting for them to make their tangles….
Jenny illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Sutygal below along with several ways to vary her tangle.
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Jenny also shared two pieces of her pottery with us. The first is Sutygal used as a border on on a cup.
The second piece features the lovely Girlande tangle by Simone Bischoff. Pretty glaze too!
Check out the tag jennyl for more of Jenny’s tangles on TanglePatterns.com.
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January 19, 2015 | 
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Wow – that is beautiful! I can’t wait to try it out!
Thank you for your encouragement. Jenny
Love it, many thanks for sharing.
Very pretty pattern. Thank you for sharing!
I’ve already used this, and I love it ! Thank you so much
Thank you for sharing your pretty tangle!
Lovely can’t wait to try it Thank you
Simple, fast and begging for a variation of fill-ins. T.Y.F.S.
I think it is beautiful but I think it is way too complicated to be a Tangle. Aren’t tangles supposed to be simple and repetitive.
“Anything is possible … one stroke at a time.”™ – Zentangle
Stacy, I understand what you mean. It seems really complicated until you try it. Although I’ve found that some tangles that seem really complicated to me are easy for others and some tangles that seem really easy for me are hard for others. I guess it just depends on your point of view. Also, when I concentrate and don’t try to figure out the whole tangle at once and just focus on “one stroke at a time”, as Linda said and as Maria and Rick say, I find I can usually get it. 😉
Oh my! I just posted a comment. My first. 😀
Take it one step at a time. Sometimes Tangles look much more complicated than they actually are. You will feel great after you succeeded with a “difficult” pattern. Don’t try to be perfect. Just go for it.
Love it!
I knew right away that it had something to do with Portugal. 🙂 Super pretty tangle, I will need to try it out. right now!
Jenny Lundak, I love the pattern and I love the pottery. Can you give me the process for the pottery? Did you use pens. Did you glaze first, or was all the glaze done in one firing? Thank you.
Sandy, I am sorry I did not answer earlier. I didn’t realize all these comments were here. I like to put a glaze on unfired pottery in the area where I want to tangle. Then I carve through the glaze to create the tangle. After it is bisque fired I do a wipe-off to put glaze in the cuts: I put glaze over the glazed part and then wipe it off so it only stays in the cuts/cracks. Then I glaze the rest of the pot and give it the final firing.
Wo! Jenny I love the pattern. I was raise in south Texas. I like what you did on the side of the bowl.
Thank you! It is exactly what I was looking for- for a special project for a dear friend!
Fun designing
Thank you all, for your wonderful comments.