New Date! Private Paper Marbling Workshop – Sunday, August 30, 2015 from 10am to 4pm with Cristina Hajosy. Paper Marbling Projects – Our marbling experiments will begin with a basic overview of “proper” Turkish paper marbling, called “Ebru”. Students will have access to a variety of fresh, new marbling trays, as well as, aged marbling size, and even contaminated mixtures with unique and unpredictable outcomes. Learning the “rules” and breaking them, that’s what this workshop will encourage. Your floating designs may be free-form, combed, blown, or perhaps a mixture. Having several print surfaces evolving at the same time can fill in the down time between dropping the colors and the liquid flow, drift, and crackling. I find the transformations to be hypnotic.
Read the rest of this post...Private Workshop – Paper Marbling – Saturday, July 11, 2015
A day experimenting with paper marbling. We’ll focus on Turkish-style marbling. This method, “Ebru”, can produce lovely figurative designs of fish, flowers, birds. and abstract shapes or go with the traditional combed patterns. Saturday, July 11, 2015 from 10am to 4pm.
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A day experimenting with paper marbling. We’ll focus on Turkish-style marbling. This method, “Ebru”, can produce lovely figurative designs of fish, flowers, birds. and abstract shapes or go with the traditional combed patterns. Saturday, June 20, 2015 from 10am to 4pm.
Read the rest of this post...Private Workshop – Paper Marbling – Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Come spend a day experimenting with paper marbling. We’ll focus on Turkish-style marbling. This method, “Ebru”, can produce lovely figurative designs of fish, flowers, birds. and abstract shapes or go with the traditional combed patterns. This workshop is structured to be an introduction for beginners or an open studio for intermediate or advanced students. Fostering an open, relaxed environment where all levels of artists can learn and share ideas, producing beautiful papers, and expanding your art practice; that’s what it’s all about. Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from 10am to 4pm.
Read the rest of this post...Private Workshop – Paper Marbling – Wednesday, April 22, 2015
This one-day workshop gives you a window into the secret world of marbling. Paper marbling, not unlike magic and illusion trickery, has been a technique known only by a select few. No longer. We’ll focus on Turkish-style marbling. This method, “Ebru”, can produce lovely figurative designs of fish, flowers, birds. and abstract shapes or go with the typical combed patterns. Your floating designs may be free-form, combed, or even blown.
Spend the morning learning the process or jump right in, if you’re familiar with the materials. This workshop is structured to be an introduction or an open studio for intermediate or advanced students. Fostering an open, relaxed environment where all levels of artists can learn and share ideas, producing beautiful papers, and expanding your art practice; that’s what it’s about.
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