September Slam

I have come to notice that every September I get really busy. This year seems to follow suit.

I started the month with an instal at the 77 Salon in the Pearl Art District of Portland, Oregon. My Ebru art will be there for the Month of September. I also helped Chelsea Rose hang her solo art show at Future Shock. We decided to displayed all her collaborative art pieces too, including the piece she made with me.


Our piece is in the middle, "Wormhole".

Once I was done with hanging art around town I switched focus to workshops.

I hosted an advanced ebru workshop for a small group of Oregon based paper marblers. I passed on techniques like the Spanish wave, the ripple, and the drag, along with some other tricks that I favor when in the studio.


Fresh papers drying on the line.


The group hard at work.


Contemplating the possibilities.

The advanced class was fun, but the fun was just beginning, because a couple days later I held a workshop at OMSI(Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) during the 2014 Mini Maker Faire. The Mini Maker Faire brings in kids of all ages to get hands-on with all sorts of DIY projects. I enjoyed introducing paper marbling to some of the Mini DIY enthusiast.


Started the workshop with a group demo


Then I let the kids play.


Helping the little ones.


Dapper Maker cat 2014.

While at the Mini Maker Faire I was visited by Oregon's Marbling bigwig, Peggy Skycraft. We had fun talking shop and comparing methods. Maybe we will get together and do a project in the future.


Marblers unite.

I still have one more workshop to go this month. Next week I will be teaching at the Loaded Brush. We will be marbling silk scarves on September 21st, 2-5pm. We made a short video mash-up of me doing some ebru designs at the Loaded Brush to help entice people into giving this ancient artform a try.


Caught in the act.

If your interested in a workshop at the Loaded Brush, follow this link.

----Workshops----

I have a silk marbling workshop coming up on September 21st at the Loaded Brush in SE Portland, Oregon. We will be hand marbling silk scarves and sipping wine.

I have a beginners adult paper marbling workshop coming up on October 24th at the Spark Arts Center in NE Portland, Oregon. 7-9pm We will be hand marbling paper and book pages while enjoying a sip of wine.
*sign-up for workshops in advance.

Are you interested in booking an ebru lesson, workshop, demo, party, or performance? Contact me at art@dannyebru.com

Peace & Love,
- Danny

Seriously Strange Spirals

I have been on a major spiral kick lately.
I'm having far too much fun in the process.


A vibrant bold triple spiral.


Doubling up to the hexagonal spiral.

Playing with spirals isn't all fun. The hard part is making all the spirals look unique, not repetitive. Color and design go along way to add distinction among the spirals.


A hint of 3D in this one.


Down the rabbit hole we go!

As you can tell, I still jump at the chance to create optical illusions. Nothing is what it seems. Trust not your eyes.


The rainbow bridge, Antahkarana.

No spiral collection is complete without an illustration of the Golden Ratio. Known as the Golden spiral, or fibonacci numbers, my rendition leans more toward an abstract image, but keeps true to the 1/1.61 sequence.


Mystic golden spiral.

----Workshops----

I will be hosting an all ages workshop at the OMSI Maker Faire this September 14th at OMSI in SE Portland, Oregon. We will be hand marbling paper and bookmarks.

I have a silk marbling workshop coming up on September 21st at the Loaded Brush in SE Portland, Oregon. We will be hand marbling silk scarves and sipping wine.

I have a beginners adult paper marbling workshop coming up on October 24th at the Spark Arts Center in NE Portland, Oregon. 7-9pm We will be hand marbling paper and book pages while enjoying a sip of wine.
*sign-up for workshops in advance.

Are you interested in booking an ebru lesson, workshop, demo, party, or performance? Contact me at art@dannyebru.com

Peace & Love,
- Danny

Busy Bee

This Spring and Summer have been super busy. But I finally have a moment to share what I have been up to.

In May I had an awesome group of people in my marbling workshop at the Loaded Brush. Everyone in the group picked up the technique quite quick and started turning out some great pieces.









I have been doing some vending whenever I can. With Summer finally showing up I was able to get out to the Last Thursday Artwalk on Alberta in Northern Portland's Alberta Arts District. Since the art walk is in danger of mayoral disruptions, I chose to do a minimal display. I managed to do pretty well despite the small set-up and looming police presence.



I have also been doing the big art and craft market around town, the Portland Saturday Market. Don't let the name fool you, I only sell at the market on Sundays.







I also recently released a new ebru video onto youtube. The camera is underneath the tray shooting up through the liquid size. I demo the first two base patterns of ebru and follow that up with a bit of a freestyle pattern.



On the 21st of June I will be hosting a live demo at the Lake Oswego Festival of Arts. Stop by and check out all the different artist Oregon has to offer, and don't forget to swing by and say hi.

Are you interested in booking an ebru workshop, demo, party, or performance? Contact me at art@dannyebru.com

Peace & Love,
- Danny

Pop Ebru

I've been mixing it up with pop art portraits.

What started as an offering to do commissioned portraits for my patrons turned into a small but awesome pop art ebru series.


"Lately things just don't seem the same."

The portraits are made from a single uncut piece of paper. I implemented the use of paper masks, a.k.a. stencils, to define the shapes of each portrait. Each color and pattern used bring a unique new life to the highly recognizable classic pop images. Each finished piece in this small series has two vibrant layers of original ebru.


Using the light table to aline the stencil.

Jimi Hendrix(the visionary), Jim Morrison(the poet), and Bob Marley(the heart), the subjects of my pop art ebru series are all musicians I grew up listening to and reading about. Their music and lives have a strong influence on who I am today. So in a way these are portraits of my inspirations.


"Strange times have found us."


"Live the life you love."

You can collect all three pop ebru images from my etsy shop! I have archival prints available at a great price.

-----In Other News-----

I recently took a trip over to the M. Graham paint companies manufacturing warehouse. M. Graham is one of the paints I use the most to create my ebru art. It was interesting learning and watching how paint is made. Especially since it is such a important part of my art.



-----More News-----

For the month of May I will have a selection of my art available to view at Fuel Bistro in the Alberta Arts district of Portland, Oregon.



----Workshops----

I have a paper marbling workshop coming up on May 18th at the Loaded Brush in SE Portland, Oregon.
*sign-up for workshops in advance.

Are you interested in booking an ebru workshop, demo, party, or performance? Contact me at art@dannyebru.com

Peace & Love,
- Danny

Tea Time

This month my ebru art will be on display at the Tea Zone & Camellia Lounge in downtown Portland, Oregon.

The Tea Zone is an awesome little tea house located in the heart of downtown Portland's art district, The Pearl.


Hanging at the tea house.

The selection of work I am showing at the Tea Zone is a combination of Eastern symbolism and abstract expression pieces that I have created over the last three years.


Front room of the tea shop.


Back room of the tea shop.

The back room of the tea shop is also known as the Camellia Lounge. This sweet ambient tea house transforms into Portland's premier Jazz bar in the evenings.


Jazzy, no?

So if you are picking up art supplies, or just enjoying the bustle of downtown, take a minute to pop in to the Tea Zone and peep my work up close.



- In Other News -

I recently linked up with the Turkish Cultural Group, the Pacifica Institute.

The Pacifica Institute invited me to perform my ebru art at their annual Oregon Legislative dinner. I put together a 15 minute set of traditional ebru imagery and patterns for the members of the Oregon Legislators to enjoy.

Here is the print from the end of that nights performance.


Traditional Tulip on a detailed wing pattern

- In Other Other News -

My marbling workshops are going great!


From February's paper marbling workshop at the Loaded Brush.

Those interested in marbling will be happy to know I have a fabric marbling workshop coming up on April 12th at The Village Gallery Of Arts.
*sign-up for workshops in advance.

Are you interested in booking an ebru workshop or performance? Contact me at art@dannyebru.com

Peace & Love,
- Danny

Portraits and Workshops

Lately I've been trying my hand at portraits.

I started with ebru silhouettes. A simple nostalgic design defined in ebru.


Silhouette profile portrait.


It's good for pets too.

Silhouettes are fun. I can make you a custom one too. Check out the listing in my etsy shop.

I have also been working on stencil portraits based on photos.


The lovely artist Miss Chelsea Rose.

They say all artist paint themselves. So here is a couple of my self portraits.





I can make custom portraits too. Go to my etsy shop to learn more.

- In Other News -

Marbling workshops are going great. I had a good time with the group at Catalyst in Westminster, California.





Plus there are two more workshops scheduled in the portland area that are coming up soon. I have a paper marbling class at The Loaded Brush on February 16th and a fabric marbling workshop for April 12th at The Village Gallery Of Arts.
*sign-up for workshops in advance.

Are you interested in booking an ebru lesson or workshop? Contact me at art@dannyebru.com

Peace & Love,
- Danny