Mexican Folk Art
Just a reminder, if you plan to attend Art of the Carolinas in Raleigh I will be teaching Zentangle Basics on Friday, November 11th from 5p til 8p, and Zentangle and Watercolor Saturday, November 12th from 5p til 8p. I would love to see you there!!
Tangles on Talavera
Mexico has long been one of my favorite travel destinations. I was even more excited on this visit, Mexico celebrated it's 200th year of independence from Spain on September 16th. The whole city of San Miguel was full of festivity and overflowing with wonderful folk art and festivities. For your own personal tour of San Miguel I have another YouTube video to share.
My art group took a day trip to Dolores Hidalgo, a Mexican city alive with celebrations. Dolores Hidalgo is also home to some fabulous factories which manufacture exquisite pottery. I picked up these wonderful pieces of Talavera pottery, a type of Majolica earthenware, in one of my favorite color schemes... black and white. It was difficult to come away with just a few selections with so many colorful combinations to choose from. I chose these serving pieces because the intricate patterns reminded me of Zentangle® drawings.
When it comes to color, Mexican artisans are totally uninhibited. Especially when it comes to creating some of their fantastic works for the celebration of Day of the Dead or Dias de los Muertos. This celebration is held each year on November 2nd in connection with All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day. Just like the skull above it is a colorful, joyous, sentimental celebration where everyone remembers their ancestors. Altars are built, sugar skulls are made, delicious food is served and shared. Even if you aren't able to experience this celebration in Mexico many places in the United States hold wonderful ceremonies connected with this Mexican holiday.
I'm happy to share another artist's work with you today. Robbie Payne is a fiber artist who has recently been inspired by Zentangle®.
''With retirement in the fall 1999, I started a new day job of creating art using fabric and paints. I’ve been very fortunate to be able to take classes from some of the best fiber artists. Their influence and direction have given me the ability to create my own art by designing, embellishing, dyeing and painting fabric. I love to add texture and dimension to my work, often by adding different fibers, hand beading and hand stitching." Robbie Payne
April Showers
The umbrella is beaded from my zentangle design using #11 seed beads.
Each raindrop is made up of 3 different beads: delicas, two sizes of bugles and finished off with a drop crystal bead! This part did get a little boring stitching..whew!!
For the handle I did a rope stitch where a line of beads is laid down in a pattern then 5 beads (I used #11 and #8 beads) are laid over the beaded row. The edges are finished off with #11 crystal seed beads.
Robbie has some wonderful projects on her blog, be sure to visit. Thanks to Robbie for sending in this great project!
If you are interested in sharing your Zentangle® projects...by that I mean scrapbook pages, jewelry, fiber arts... anything which includes tangles but is in the construction of an art or craft project rather than the traditional drawing done on paper or a tile. Please email a picture of your project, how it was made, the products you used and a 1 or 2 sentence artist bio. If you have a website or blog include that information too so I can link back to you.
Zentangle® has grown so much in the last couple of years I know there must be a lot of wonderful work being created and I would love the chance to offer another artist a way to share your work with others. The email I have set up for responses is zenderellas@hotmail.com. Each week I'll choose a project to feature on my blog.
Zentangle of the week, enjoy and create!!
Zentangle #42
Munchin (original Zentangle® design)
used with permission zentangle.com Zentangle is a registered trademark of Zentangle, Inc.
Tangles on Talavera
Mexico has long been one of my favorite travel destinations. I was even more excited on this visit, Mexico celebrated it's 200th year of independence from Spain on September 16th. The whole city of San Miguel was full of festivity and overflowing with wonderful folk art and festivities. For your own personal tour of San Miguel I have another YouTube video to share.
My art group took a day trip to Dolores Hidalgo, a Mexican city alive with celebrations. Dolores Hidalgo is also home to some fabulous factories which manufacture exquisite pottery. I picked up these wonderful pieces of Talavera pottery, a type of Majolica earthenware, in one of my favorite color schemes... black and white. It was difficult to come away with just a few selections with so many colorful combinations to choose from. I chose these serving pieces because the intricate patterns reminded me of Zentangle® drawings.
When it comes to color, Mexican artisans are totally uninhibited. Especially when it comes to creating some of their fantastic works for the celebration of Day of the Dead or Dias de los Muertos. This celebration is held each year on November 2nd in connection with All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day. Just like the skull above it is a colorful, joyous, sentimental celebration where everyone remembers their ancestors. Altars are built, sugar skulls are made, delicious food is served and shared. Even if you aren't able to experience this celebration in Mexico many places in the United States hold wonderful ceremonies connected with this Mexican holiday.
I'm happy to share another artist's work with you today. Robbie Payne is a fiber artist who has recently been inspired by Zentangle®.
''With retirement in the fall 1999, I started a new day job of creating art using fabric and paints. I’ve been very fortunate to be able to take classes from some of the best fiber artists. Their influence and direction have given me the ability to create my own art by designing, embellishing, dyeing and painting fabric. I love to add texture and dimension to my work, often by adding different fibers, hand beading and hand stitching." Robbie Payne
April Showers
The umbrella is beaded from my zentangle design using #11 seed beads.
Each raindrop is made up of 3 different beads: delicas, two sizes of bugles and finished off with a drop crystal bead! This part did get a little boring stitching..whew!!
For the handle I did a rope stitch where a line of beads is laid down in a pattern then 5 beads (I used #11 and #8 beads) are laid over the beaded row. The edges are finished off with #11 crystal seed beads.
Robbie has some wonderful projects on her blog, be sure to visit. Thanks to Robbie for sending in this great project!
If you are interested in sharing your Zentangle® projects...by that I mean scrapbook pages, jewelry, fiber arts... anything which includes tangles but is in the construction of an art or craft project rather than the traditional drawing done on paper or a tile. Please email a picture of your project, how it was made, the products you used and a 1 or 2 sentence artist bio. If you have a website or blog include that information too so I can link back to you.
Zentangle® has grown so much in the last couple of years I know there must be a lot of wonderful work being created and I would love the chance to offer another artist a way to share your work with others. The email I have set up for responses is zenderellas@hotmail.com. Each week I'll choose a project to feature on my blog.
Zentangle of the week, enjoy and create!!
Zentangle #42
Munchin (original Zentangle® design)
used with permission zentangle.com Zentangle is a registered trademark of Zentangle, Inc.
Posted by Suzanne McNeill at 10/28/2010 9:32 AM 
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Tags: Mexican folk art zentangle beading Suzanne McNeill Talavera pottery
Thank you so much for posting this! I have had so many problems with this tangle. The way you do it makes more sense. I've tried many times with the more random method and it ends up looking like chicken scratch every time. Love the blog!
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You're welcome Heather, glad it helped!
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Suzanne
Seems non of your photos show up on your blog. I don't know if it's my computer or this website. I even same issue from my computer from home.
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first timer zentagler
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Good for you!
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