9 tile Zentangle Ensemble framed

12 x 12 mounted on wc paper
9 tile ensemble from the Paradise Retreat April 2014
Tiles number 1-9 from left to right in each row:
1 Barbara Wells, 2 Holly Williams 3: Kathenne McClohlin, 4 Jo-Ellen Matthews, 5, Ginny Stiles 6 Faith Cohen 7 Sandee Sach, 8 Margaret Bremner, 9 Dorian Eng

This was QUITE a project.  The participants were mailed the "kits" of all nine tiles.  (two kits which was 18 tiles actually) and during last winter 18 tangle lovers worked on these to complete and get them before the April event in Melbourne, FL.  

We handed them to Jo-Ellen at the event and then several weeks later she took them all and assembled them and photographed them as they were and as she re-assembled them leaving one of your original tiles in each one.  

For those who might not know, the "strings" for the tiles was pre-drawn on each set so that the images when reassembled would "fit together" even though no one knew what anyone else had chosen for their tangles.  

The "ensemble stringed sets" can be ordered from zentangle.com if you'd like to try one.  You could do all 9 yourself…but the real fun is to find 8 other people who should like to do it with you.  

After photographed, Jo-Ellen then mailed the ensembles back to each of the 18 participants.  I am jut now getting around to framing mine.  I am not sure how everyone will display theirs and am wondering if they thought of some other way to do so.  But after all the work and the beautiful tiles I wanted to preserve them.  I think they are endlessly lovely to look at.