Borromean Rings

Still "studying" A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe by Michael S. Schneider.  And it touched on Borromean rings in chapter 3.  No two rings interlock, but the 3 together lock as one. Now that seemed like a cool string...

PP3 Borromean Rings on a 3Z :-)

This 3Z combines the Zentangle Project Pack 3 and the rings.  Yup, the whole project on one small tile.  The color is from gelatos and colored pencil.  That background leaf in the photo is from a fun day with Washington CZTs learning about Eco dyeing.  Thanks Lynn, that was a fun afternoon!

Zenith Borromean Rings on 3Z

Another set of rings on another 3Z.  Yah, it's a bit busy so you might not recognize it if I hadn't told you there were Borromean rings in there.  

And then trying to break it down and actually assemble a set, I die cut 3 circular frames using nesting dies (but you could also draw them with a compass, or simply trace around a couple glasses).  

E6 Fragment in a Zendala Ring.

This first is simply a fragment, E6.  

Zenith Zendala Ring

Yes, another Zenith :-)

Zenith/Diva Dance Zendala Ring

Surprise, Zenith with Diva Dance.  

Borromean Rings meet Zentangle.

And assembled after cutting slits in 2 of the rings.

Thanks for stopping in!

Crescent Moon 3Z

Inspired by Rick and Maria's kitchen table tangles videos (available on the Zentangle® Mosaic app) and my new set of Sakura PNs I decided to tangle on a pre strung 3Z I had thanks to a friend of mine (thanks Deana!)

I got the set of 8 PNs that I found on Amazon.  I believe they have the same ink as the microns.  According to the package, they have a "Durable, flexible nib for fine to medium line widths.  Archival ink is water proof, chemical and fade resistant, bleed free, quick drying and ph neutral."  The package says .45 mm. I found the list of colors when I went to the web site....black, red, blue/black (I love this one), blue, rose, burgundy (I thought it was brown, but nope, burgundy! Very nice!), purple and sepia (which is actually a very dark brown).  The web-site also clarifies that you can obtain  fine or medium line width depending on your personal writing pressure (0.4mm - 0.5mm). This equates roughly to the 05 Pigma micron which is listed as being 0.45mm.

As you can tell from my 3Z of Crescent moon, you can get a very fine line with a light touch.  Each side of the triangle is approximately 3.5 inches long.

I used the rose, and both blue and blue/black.  In comparison, I also used a graphite (that's the color) Graphik 0.1 line maker by Derwent.  It is a lightfast pigment ink and I love that the color mimics pencil but you don't worry about smudging.  To compare line widths, check out the gray in the center of each corner (I used the PN in blue/black and Graphik in graphite in all three corners.  Instead of graphite pencil shading, I opted for Polychromos colored pencils.  

And in case you missed my post about those magnolias, they were created with watercolor pencils and a stamp set from Altenew.  You can find my post here.