Friday, April 19, 2013

Mosaic Moments

This Spring is all about mosaic ebru art.

First I made the illusion of 3D with all those cubes I featured in my previous blog. Now Im playing with the intricacy of sacred geometry. I started with a couple pieces inspired by the Kumo Shibori style.

shibori ebru art
handmade original, double layered acrylic ebru (turkish paper marbling) on kozo paper.

Shibori is the Japanese traditional art of resist fabric dyeing. The Kumo Shibori style is rarely picked up by the average Tie Dyer, but I was always most impressed by it.

ebru kumo shibori
handmade original, double layered acrylic ebru (turkish paper marbling) on kozo paper.

These mosaic ebru pieces are not actually tiled together, each was made from one uncut sheet of paper. I used a masking technique similar to stenciling to create the details one ebru mono-print layer at a time.

sacred geometry ebru
handmade original, double layered abstract acrylic ebru (turkish paper marbling) on kozo paper.

The spiral star looks similar, but it was inspired by an Indian design.

mosaic ebru
handmade original, triple layered acrylic ebru (turkish paper marbling) on kozo paper.

The spiral star represents two balancing energies. Emerging equally from the source, the two sides intertwine to create a much greater whole.

ebru star
handmade original, double layered acrylic ebru (turkish paper marbling) on kozo paper.

- In Other News -

I have three ebru workshops on the Schedule at The Village Gallery Of Arts.

• The first workshop will be held on May 25th, it will be an all levels paper marbling class.

• The second paper marbling class will be held on July 26th, it will be an all levels class.

• The third workshop is a fabric marbling class held on August 17th, it will be an all levels class.

Please sign-up in advance by contacting me at art@dannyebru.com, or the village Gallery at (503)644-8001.

Ebru workshop - paper marbling class
Marbling workshop at Village Gallery of Arts.

Peace & Love,
- Danny

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