Blending contoured shapes on a curve

Tip from Ross Macintosh

I don't know if anyone has tried this - you should! It is fun.
I drew an ellipse and rotated it about 45 degrees.
I drew a straight vertical line.
I applied an outside contour (4-step) to the line.
I cloned the contoured line and offset it.
I applied a simple blend from one to its clone.
Selecting both the blend & the ellipse, in the tools for blends I attached the blend to the "curve".

The result was the neat twisted ribbon effect. I touched up the graphic with some shadowing and highlights.

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