Hi and welcome back to the Chrissie Murphy Designs Blog where I’m always exploring. As we make our way through the Magnified Fragments Project, I have been trying to share about each fragment in a blog post. Today we are looking back at Fragment B4 using Transzending as an enhancer. Let’s get into it and I’ll fill you in on all you need to know.
What is the Magnified Fragments Project and where can I find out more about it?
Well in short, it’s the biggest Zentangle inspired project I have ever undertaken! There is greater detail about the project and what’s involved in the very first blog post for the project – Magnified Fragment A1 using Echo Lines as an Enhancer
If you’d still like to learn more, check out our Magnified Fragments Gallery! It’s full of all the fragments that other tanglers have created in the project so far. It’s absolutely amazing!!
What is Fragment B4 using Transzending as an Enhancer?
Here is a close up of Fragment B4 that is featured in the Zentangle Collection of Reticula and Fragments book by Zentangle® founders, Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas.
I have created a tile using this fragment as my string. In doing so, I effectively magnified it.
TanglePatterns.com terminology describes Tranzending as a technique where one tangle is layered over another (often with a larger 05 or 08 Micron). It’s then lightly “filled” with white charcoal pencil, then shaded, making the top layer tangle appear transparent.
The result is the underlying tangle appears as if viewed through a veil or a gauzy layer.
I had never tried Tranzending before this so I was super keen to explore it.
What does it mean in terms of my artistic work as a whole?
This fragment is a perfect example of why I created this project. There have been so many techniques I’ve wanted to try, but I never seem to find the time to do them.
By deliberately setting an enhancer each week, I’m slowly making my way through techniques I’ve always wanted to try. Transzending has been one of them.
How can you take this idea and use it in your tangling?
Are you like me in that there’s just so much you want to do and try? If so, I suggest breaking the ideas down into small weekly or monthly chunks.
It may seem like you’ll never get through it, but taking small steps is better than taking no steps at all.
The best thing is that once you get a few steps under your belt, you’ll be encouraged to stay the course and keep going. Before you know it, an end (to what you once thought overwhelming) is within sight!
The materials used for Magnified Fragment B4 using Transzending as an Enhancer
- Traditional Zentangle® Tile
- Uniball Signo Gel pens in Orange and White
- Grey Copic Markers in W5 and W7
- Background Stencils
- Prismacolor Premier Coloured Pencils
- Distress Ink
How big is Fragment B4 using Transzending as an Enhancer?
It is 3.5 inches x 3.5 inches square.
Before you go….
Thank you for spending a little time with me today.
If you’d like to keep exploring together, I’d love to welcome you to Always Exploring.
It’s my occasional letter from the studio, where I share new artwork, creative adventures, behind-the-scenes moments, and the little discoveries that make me smile. Every now and then, you’ll even get a peek at what I’m working on before it’s shared anywhere else.
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Until my next blog post, “I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received” Ephesians 4:1.
In peace always
