My husband an I just returned from a trip to Santa Fe, where we purchased a wonderful piece of pottery by an artist named Paula Estevan (look her up - her work is phenomenal!), who should be a Zentangler, if she is not already.
Most of her designs feature all-over repetition of one design in black and white. The patterns are traditional Native American, but her use of these designs is very contemporary looking, I think. Plus, her pots are paper thin, and if you've ever attempted to throw any kind of pottery, you know making them thin is a magic trick.
We also visited the Georgia O'Keefe museum in Santa Fe. In addition to having the privilege of viewing Ms. O'Keefe's wonderful works, we also saw an exhibit of works by a close associate and friend of Ms. O'Keefe's, Miguel Covarrubias. He was born in 1914 and just passed away this January - 100 years old!! One of the things in the exhibit was a notebook in which he had made pencil sketches of various Native American designs. I copied several in my own little notebook (photography was prohibited), and I hope to incorporate them into my tangles at some point.
If you follow Square One: Purely Zentangle on Facebook, you may have seen my interpretation of Fengle, which was inspired by a friend's Henna hand design in Marrakech.
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Isn't it amazing how patterns seem to be such an integral part of the human experience?
So, without further ado, let me add my versions of Yuma to meet the Diva Challenge this week.
The second one was an attempt to play with the spaces and use the Yuma more or less as a string. I'm pretty happy with this one - it almost looks Japanese to me. See how everything is connected?
Happy tangling, everyone. Thanks for stopping by!
Antonine
All three tiles are wonderful! Especially I like your version of Fengle and the unusual variations of Yuma. Very creative! The vase is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteGreat work on your tiles! Now I am going to have to try the blending with the Jelly roll pens! :) I love the pot! So beautiful! Your Fengle based on the henna is lovely too!
ReplyDeleteLove your Fengle tile, I haven;t had an opportunity to work on mine yet. I like both of your Yuma tiles, but I really like the second one. My cousin, who lives in Albuquerque, sent me a couple of small vases years ago that were done with a combination of matte and shiny finish. I loved the mixture of finishes on them. They were basically black with a little grey.
ReplyDeleteWonderful Tiles, all. Love your take on Fengle, one of my favorite patterns. Beautiful color shading in the first Yuma tile, and the second black and white Yuma tile is striking and bold. Great design and so well drawn. Love the delicate shading. Your support patterns are so judiciously and expertly applied. Beautiful work, Antonine.
ReplyDeletethank you for this beautyful YUMA-tiles, i like them all.and it's special to me that you stay close to YUMA.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, and congratulations on having your wonderful tangle pattern featured this week. The challenge entries all look so great, and yours are just BEAUTIFUL!
DeleteThese are all great, your fengle looks perfectly flowing in the wind. Your first yuma has a nice soft color touch and the third one is aboslutely my favorite, so creative, and so well choosen patterns fit into Yuma! Well done!
ReplyDeleteReally like the last tile where you use tangles for the Yuma lines. Very creative.
ReplyDeleteAll three are beautiful, but the last one ....... WOW that one is really striking. Maybe you were a bit inspired (and who would not be?) by that beautiful vase!
ReplyDeletevery nice tiles - I like the pink and blue one . I also like what you have done with the lines of Yuma in the second tile - well done
ReplyDeleteoooh I love that Fengle! My favorite Yuma is the really graphic thick black lines. Nice
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