Zentangle Sampler Pop-up

Continuing my new obsession with pop-ups and paper mechanics. While practicing some tangles I created this tiny 3x3 inches handmade paper pop-up card using Zentangle tangles such as Cadent, Nik (Bunny Wright) and Mooka.

Here is a little video clip of the popup:

Video by Eni Oken.

This one was particularly fun because it was created in an intuitive way, not particularly planned or designed. I was playing with a new mechanism and just started adding pieces:

Gradually it started to grow and and grow and I got more into tangling each piece, very much as if the pop-up card were the string.

Here are a couple more shots of the final card, it measures only 3x3inches (8x8cm) when closed.

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