Friday, September 16, 2016

Out Of The Marbling Studio

I've been working on all sorts of projects lately. A few of them even dragged me out of my marbling studio.

I'm really excited to share the public art installation I did in the Alberta Art District of Portland.

Marbled Decoupage ATM
Marbled monolith

I was commissioned by Alberta Art Works to marbleize a working ATM on the corner of Alberta St. and 15th Ave. in Portland, Oregon. I designed a decoupage mosaic gradient concept that would allow me to permanently wrap the machine in handmade marbled paper.

Marbled Decoupage ATM
Paper patchwork

The installation took 10 hours, 1.5 quarts of glue, and over 260 individual pieces of original handmade marbled paper to complete.

Marbled Decoupage ATM
A closer look

Marbled Decoupage ATM

Marbled Decoupage ATM
360 coverage

Marbled Decoupage ATM

But that's not all.

I also had a live ebru art performance along side a Turkish music band and a bellydancer.

Live Ebru Performance
that's three times the Turkish-nes

Local Portland band Ritim Egzotik focuses their effort on Turkish and Persian music. We met a little while back and right away knew we would want to do live performances together. Accompanying Ritim Egzotik was a bellydancer named Henna. We got together for an art show that featured art from different religions from around the world.

Live Ebru Performance

It was my first time working along side live music. It was a ton of fun. I hope we get to work together some more.

Live Ebru Performance
live ebru

But wait, there's more.

I also held my annual paper marbling workshop for the Portland Mini Maker Faire at OMSI.

Portland Mini Maker Faire - Paper Marbling Workshop
DIY

It is always fun hosting workshops at the Maker Faire. I get such a diverse group of kids, adults, and seniors. All of them completely fascinated and eager to learn more.

Portland Mini Maker Faire - Paper Marbling Workshop

Portland Mini Maker Faire - Paper Marbling Workshop

With all these projects behind me I'm ready to dive back into my work in the studio. Really looking forward to all that marbling time.

In Other News

----Workshops----

I will be hosting an introduction to paper marbling workshop at the Loaded Brush on October 10th.

*sign-up for workshops in advance at the Loaded Brush.

Thats all for now! If you are you interested in commissioning custom art or booking an ebru art lesson, workshop, demo, party, or performance? Contact me at art@dannyebru.com

Peace & Love,
- Danny

Friday, September 9, 2016

The Dreamer

I took a small break from large masking projects to work on a new screen print design.

If life is a dream, this is the dreamer. With eyes closed and the third eye open, in a state of enlightened omnipotents.

Mahadev Ebru Art
We are the dream and the dreamers

The design is inspired by Sri Shiva. The Mahadev, Shiva is All and is in all. Shiva is the Tantric Revealer of all that is.

Mahadev Ebru Art
Har Har Mahadev

For this project I decided to do a stencil layer in place of a second screen print layer or second marbling layer. I cut a stencil of the silhouette shape and used to lay down a fill color with spray paint. I would then screen print the design on top of the painted silhouette.

While working on this project I discovered the new Montana 94 transparent spray paint colors. I really like the way they look, and I love that I don't lose the marbling behind the design.

Mahadev Ebru Art
The Revealer

Even more images available on my flickr.

In Other News

----Workshops----

I will be hosting a small workshop at OMSI on September 11th as part of the Portland Mini Maker Faire.

Thats all for now! Are you interested in commissioning custom art or booking an ebru art lesson, workshop, demo, party, or performance? Contact me at art@dannyebru.com

Peace & Love,
- Danny