Cloisters & OoF

Let's expand a bit on our May 7 newsletter.

That piece that Maria was drawing in the chapel . . .

. . . is a late 12th century carved and painted torso of Christ from Auvergne, France. Here are some additional views.

Everywhere you looked in The Cloisters, there were patterns. In brass pitchers . . .

In the ceiling . . .

In the stain glass . . .

In the gardens . . .

In carvings on stone sarcophagus covers . . .

And in carvings on stone pillars . . .

When you study those previous two, you will notice that the pattern on the sarcophagus cover and the pillar are fundamentally the same tangle. This will be a fun one to explore.

In our newsletter we also introduced a new tangle OoF, inspired by this window when seen "Out of Focus."

Here's a larger view of Rick's Zentangle with OoF from our newsletter.

Materials used: Zentangle tile, Sakura Pigma Micron black 01, 08, Graphic 1, and Sakura white GellyRoll.


Click images for larger views.