TANGLE LAB ANNIVERSARY

Tangle Lab celebrated its 4th anniversary in February!

How did these 50+ months pass so quickly???

When I was working in a corporate environment, I guess that I was functioning in weekly increments. Weekend to weekend, and mostly work in between. Since I started Tangle Lab in February 2022, I plan around the third Wednesday of the month, which is when our live online workshops happen. Somehow it seems like these monthly increments make time seem to flow even quicker! Or is it due to my older age? 😀 Perhaps I’m having too much fun now that I do what I love – after all, time flies quickly when you have fun.

I was reminded in February by one of the Tangle Lab members during the live online workshop about the fourth anniversary. It made my heart melt to realize that the members cared about that, too.

Four years = 48 months.
Add to that the four additional months up until now, and we have had 52 full months of projects.

Below is the mosaic with 52 photos of main Tangle Lab monthly projects. Every month I prepare two additional shorter prompts that serve as a warm-up or a follow-up to these. So, in total there were 150+ video recordings that I uploaded for the members. wow…

The photo is big but when you click on it, it will open in a bigger resolution, if you care to look at the details.

Invitation to come as you are

My goal of starting Tangle Lab was to encourage and enable the members to just show up and create fearlessly. We are imperfect beings and we create imperfect art. Beauty lies in that imperfection and uniqueness of each piece. Everyone is encouraged to follow me as much as it suits them. Any tangle that I use can be replaced by another one, every color can be substituted by whichever hue the artist is pulled to. I hope that each past and current member felt comfortable enough to show up just the way they are. Ease and comfort of creating is born out of the trust in the process. It took time for me to find that ease, but the more I drew, the easier it got.

If you would like to take a closer look at each piece, I collected them in a short video that you can find on my YouTube profile. They are also available, along with the mosaics, on a dedicated Instagram account (@tanglelab). That is where you can find the mosaics made with many of the members’ drawings, as well.

What’s next?

I had no idea if Tangle Lab would be a short-term project, or a long one. I just dove in, let it flow and it will go on as long as everyone involved is finding joy and value in it. My aim is to remember to thank the members every month. Gratitude is the cornerstone of the Zentangle method, the first and last step of the process. Additionally, I trust that the the “Vitamin G” is an essential one for our well-being. Whether you are a member or not, if you are following my journey and reading these lines, please know that I am grateful for your support.

If you want to know more about Tangle Lab, you can find many information on my website. Should you ever need any answers, support, or if you want to contact me for any reason, you know where to find me. In case you don’t, click on one of those icons below or find my email address at the bottom of the page. 🙂

June, 2026

Written by Anica Gabrovec CZT

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