Wednesday 17 October 2012

Beads of Courage

Laura's challenge this week was set to celebrate her son's birthday (Happy Birthday!) and draw our attention to a children's charity that operates in hospitals all over the world, Beads of Courage.

In creating their own strings of beads, where every bead represents a procedure that the sick child has undergone, it allows them to gain ownership of their story and power over their illness.

So here is my string of beads:

Beads of Courage
Tangles: Pooma; Corkin; Nzeppel; Allium; Arc Flower;
Vitruvius; Strircles; Beelight, Auraknot

I kept it nice and simple, and enjoyed trying some tangles I've not used before. Auraknot was a perfect tangle for my star shaped beads, unfortunately the top one didn't come out quite as intended, but in the spirit of Zentangle, there are no mistakes!

I'm looking forward to seeing how everyone else interpreted this challenge.

Happy tangling...
Claire

10 comments:

  1. Very Nice. Your tangles are great. When I look at your drawing, my eyes where drawn too the start with auraknot. The symetry in your drawing is well choosen.

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  2. Beautifully drawn! Your beads are lovely.

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  3. Like the effect of not quite being on the page. The beads are great.

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  4. Great! I love the fact that you used the same tangle of both sides. It is so balanced this way.

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  5. Beautiful, intricate tangles, love your work :)

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  6. Really pretty selections of patterns in your beads. I really like the symmetrical look.

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  7. Very nicely done, and I love your auraknots!

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  8. Thank you all for your lovely comments!

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  9. Really nice, I like the patterns you used in the beads!

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