Traveling Tile

Zentangle Art By Eni Oken, CZT

A Traveling Tile is one that is started by one person and sent to another by snail mail to be completed. I recently received a BEAUTIFUL gift from one of my students Cassandra: she send me a handmade bijou album (which unfortunately got a little destroyed in transit).

Here's the album with the original traveling tile:

Zentangle Art By Eni Oken, CZT

Interestingly enough, I have never worked on a Traveling Tile before. I thought about it for a while and decided that it was important to keep some things the same, and others different, as to combine our unique styles in one single tile. Here is the before and after:

Zentangle Art By Eni Oken, CZT

I used the same exact tangle patterns Cass used, but using my own unique style which is a bit different than hers. I love how integrated and balanced it it turned out! It was VERY tricky: you can't quite shake the feeling of fear that you're going to ruin the other person's tile. Here's a close-up for you to inspect:

Zentangle Art By Eni Oken, CZT

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Zentangle Art By Eni Oken, CZT
 
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