Making Art Every Day in November: jewelry

Adding Zentangles to Jewelry

I found this at a garage sale for 50 cents.  It just seemed to say..."got a tangle to spare?"

Garage sales are a terrific place to look for surfaces to tangle.  I did one little piece of jewelry last summer, if you remember...a tiny little doll pin named Zoe Zentangle.  (I know...I get a little weird sometimes.)  I wear a lot of red (and black) so this seemed like a fun idea.  I used patterns like Earth Rising, Paizel, and IX on this. Just an extra fine Sharpie.  

Zoe Zentangle

I know, you think I have gone completely nuts now. But really...it's not my fault. I mean this stuff is out on the web. I swear. I did not invent Zentangle jewelry.

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So right after I read this Zentangle jewelry blog and printed out how to make these darling little wood shaped pins (sand, seal, sand, paint, sand, tangle, seal, glue on pin backing) I come across Zoe at a garage sale for 25 cents. I mean she is disguised as Raggedy Ann, of course, but I saw right through that!!!

She is plastic, granted, maybe not quite as posh as a wood pin. But lo and behold she already HAS a pin backing on her! And practically no prep!

Two coats of white acrylic paint. Dry overnight. Tangle.

Then I sprayed the finished pin with acrylic clear spray and then gloss gel. Voila. Wear to the next Zentangle class or art reception. Might get some interesting conversations started???

I can hear Cynthia Vose laughing her head off.

http://www.amarylliscreations.com/zentangleharmony/