Stalag - stuck in a cave

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I have not posted a lot lately.
I have been sick for some days and did not feel like posting, and then I lost the habit.

I did not lose the habit to tangle, but I am also trying to learn again how to draw. It is difficult, proportions are hard, urban sketching is driving me crazy, but we will see. probably I will post something here when I am done with the first sketchbook.

Today I am showing you Stalag. The name is simple, it reminds me a stalagmite.

Stalag step out. 5 April 2026

I think the whole page today is good enough, but since I also got the tiles one by one... let's go with them!

Stalag step out. 5 April 2026

You can do stalactites, stalagmites, put more together, change the form of the cave, change the form of the stalagmites. I am always fond of variations.
Stalag. Some examples. 5 April 2026

Many stalagmites in the same square.
Stalag. 5 April 2026

Here I went more freeform. Not the best tangle ever, but the aim here is to display different ways to use the tangle.
Stalag. 5 April 2026

And here a double stalagmite!
Stalag, Crescent Moon, Printemps. 5 April 2026

Here the inner lines transformed in Mooka.
Stalag, Mooka. 5 April 2026

Adding also the tea bag envelope where I first tangled Stalag.
Stalag, Pangea, Ciottoli, Fescu. 13 February 2026

My Patterns
Ciottoli
Stalag

Zentangle Original Patterns
Crescent Moon
Fescu
Mooka
Pangea
Printemps

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