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Zentangle Challenge #110 - Outside the box

I haven't had time to play along with Laura's Zentangle challenge at I am the Diva in quite a while...well, technically, I've played along some of the time, just never got my tangles posted.  This week's challenge is to:

"find something way out of your comfort box.  If you shy away from colour, now is a good time to try it... if you always do something small, try something big.  If you always do a larger piece, try a few teeny tiny ones.  Maybe you've never tried a zendala. Maybe you've never tangled an object and those bookends have been staring at you saying: "TANGLE ME"..."

So, that's what I did.  I had purchased a few ceramic tiles from Home Depot months ago thinking that I would make some coasters with decoupage, but I never got around to it...then when I saw this challenge, I thought I'd try doing a few tangles on a tile.  I think I probably will have to heat set it in the oven or something...not sure what...to keep the pen from smudging off (even though I used a microperm pen from Sakura)...I'd hate for it to smudge!  Anyway, I digress...here's my tile for this week's "out of the box" challenge.  This first one was taking with the tile lying flat. This second one I stood the tile on one edge to take the photo. I couldn't figure out how to do any shading, so I'll have to leave them as is.  So...what do you think....should I heat set them or try spraying some type of fixative on them? Posted by Susan at 5:47 PM Labels: doodling, Zentangle Inspired Art tanglewithlinda.wordpress.com said...

Your coaster tile is lovely. I hope you learn how to protect it. I'm interested, since I want to make coasters too; and am not sure what to use; tiles like yours, paper with cork backs and laminated, or what.

Friday, March 22, 2013 7:35:00 PM 
Hope this works, having trouble signing in. Your coaster is lovely. Hope you find out how to protect it; I'm interested too.

Friday, March 22, 2013 7:36:00 PM Karen Lynn said...

A beautiful tile! And I do mean tile. I've heard that heat setting works, but haven't tried it myself. This would make a great coaster or hotplate. Or how about several for a kitchen backsplash? Hmmm.....

Friday, March 22, 2013 9:32:00 PM Anne's tangle blog said...

It's beautiful, I would like to have tiles like this.
I think I would spay something on it, because I don't know about heating and would be scared that it will break in the process.

Saturday, March 23, 2013 2:22:00 AM Suze Bain said...

Wow Susan, this is fab and what a great idea. No idea about sealing them though - maybe a few coats of spray varnish? Xx

Saturday, March 23, 2013 4:14:00 AM 
Fabulous tile Susan.......I would pay a fortune for a set of these. Would definitely use a spray varnish on these rather than oven bake as you may find the colour of your pen work may change with the heat.

Saturday, March 23, 2013 4:18:00 AM Rae McCurdy said...

Really nice work!! I think it would depend on what your going to do with the tile, you could just put a sealer on it, if you weren't going to you use it for a trivet. I do think you would have to bake it, otherwise. Good luck!!

Saturday, March 23, 2013 7:35:00 AM Daniele OBrien Design, CZT said...

Beautiful work! I've been working on tile this winter but couldn't get my microns to stay on. Lovely!

Saturday, March 23, 2013 12:15:00 PM Suzanne Marie said...

These tiles are just beautiful! What a great idea! I am going to give this a try myself. Thank you for the inspiration!

Saturday, March 23, 2013 2:46:00 PM Shelly Beauch said...


Saturday, March 23, 2013 7:20:00 PM 
Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous

Sunday, March 24, 2013 4:05:00 PM 
Hmmm, methinks you should have put a trademark or something on these, Susan. They are positively stunning and I certainly would pay money for a set of these!! I love black and white. I also think they would be fab in a backsplash as a pop, or impact ... hmm, can't think of the word I'm looking for, but you know what I mean.

Good luck with figuring out how to seal your brilliant designs ... and then how to sell them!! I'm not going to pin them b/c I don't want someone to steal your idea!

Monday, March 25, 2013 4:04:00 PM 
Great job...have you heard of
Pebeo Porcelaine 150 Paint Markers? They fire in the oven and last pretty well. I use to run my coffee cups through the dishwasher and they held up for at least 2 years. With your tiles, you would not be putting them in the washer.

Monday, December 08, 2014 7:09:00 AM