To Tangle an Adirondack Chair...

My good friend Karen asked if I would tangle a chair for a charity auction, an Adirondack chair to be exact.
Karen's husband, Randy, offered to paint the chair white and deliver it so all I had to do was add the final details.

This is what it looked like when Randy dropped it off:

I confess that it sat like this in my office/studio for a solid month, very much in the way of things.
It stared at me.
It rocked my granddaughter.
It rocked me.
It became a "catch all" and collected miscellaneous objects.
It reminded me of unfinished projects.
It sat.

 Life is full.  Sometimes waiting for the right time, mindset, and inspiration to begin can take longer than I anticipate.

Since learning and practicing the Zentangle® Method, I have come to enjoy that waiting time.

I am not anxious about how long it takes me to begin and I have confidence in the outcome - just a few of wonderful benefits of tangling.

My approach to the chair was similar to a tile.  I used the slats as string lines and decided to pattern each one separately.

With paint pen in hand, one morning I began.

Charity Chair Project  -  Adele Bruno, CZT

Keeping the tangles large, the tops of the arms were completed first, followed by the checkered edges.  Working off this idea, I tangled Knightsbridge down the middle slat and worked outward to each side.

Charity Chair Project - Adele Bruno, CZT

Again the chair sat for several days.
My family weighed in with opinions.  Leave the seat white?  Tangle it?
I decided to tangle it.
Once that was finished, the entire thing begged to be tangled!

Charity Chair Project - Adele Bruno, CZT

I added little dots to the white spaces underneath and on the back.  It tied everything together nicely.

Here is a view from the top ~

Charity Chair Project - Adele Bruno, CZT

Notice those large black perfs dotting Keeko?  I added them after some neighboring lines ran over each other...a creative opportunity :)

And the finished chair ~

Charity Chair Project - Adele Bruno, CZT

Thank you for taking the journey with me.
Enjoy!