Ebru India

I recently brought my live ebru art to India.



I was invited to do a live ebru performance at IIT Guwahati's annual tech fest, Techniche.
A 3 day event filled with robots, lasers, and lectures, Techniche 2012 also offered artistic entertainment in the evenings.




Indica Ebru.

The performance was about a hour and half long. During which I made some detailed patterns, flowers, peacock feathers, birds, and an om symbol.



Heres what they had to say about me, "As the paint droplets swirl and twirl on the liquid, the realization that art is forever expanding and always surprising hits you gently. This art of creating marbled paper using impressions drawn from viscous liquid dates back to the 15th century, yet its beauty seems current. Danny Rodriguez is a new-age proponent of Ebru Art who combines the ancient turkish art with modern techniques to create an end-result that never ceases to amaze."

As an added bonus, a couple nights later I set up a DIY ebru booth and gave some Techniche goers the chance to experience ebru first hand.


Danny's water bending academy.

When I was done performing I relaxed and enjoyed my visit, while finding my way to a couple of the local temples of Guwahati, India.


Temple for the Devi Kamakhya, in Guwahati, India.

- In other news -

• This September I will be featured in the OMSI Maker Faire.

• I am teaching multiple ebru workshops available this Fall Schedule at The Village Gallery Of Arts. The first class is on September 22nd, and the second class is on November 3rd.

Peace and Love,
Danny

The New New

Hello everyone, happy new years. Its 2012, the year of the dragon, and the possibilities are looking limitless.


Shore of infinity.

I have been working on more abstract ebru. Trying out new ideas, and seeing were they take me. This shoreline looking ebru is one of the gems to come out the tray recently.

Also I have started several new embellished ebru projects that I plan on finishing over the next few months.


Guanyin the compassionate.

The Bodhisattva Guanyin, deliverer of mercy and compassion, is an enlightened being from the Buddhist tradition. I am very exited about this piece, so I will be working on it first. I will begin by making a frame, stretching screen mesh over it, and painting the design into the screen. Once the screen is done I will start the layered ebru process.


demon slayer Kali.

Kali the benevolent mother goddess, redeemer of the universe, will also be finding her way to my ebru tray and silkscreen mesh this year. I am really looking forward to this one too. Plus the Tantric goddess of time and change will not be the only hindu project I do this year. Keep an eye out for Narasimha, a lion headed form of Vishnu, and a new Ganesh with multiple heads.

OTHER NEW STUFF:
• I am having a big sale in my online shop. SALE!
Due to discontinuing the size, all 13" x 19" ebru posters are on sale. That means an archival quality print of one of my embellished ebru pieces is only $10. *while supplies last.
• I will be showcasing select pieces of mine at the event "the fifth world" on 1/28/12 at Berbati's Pan in Portland, Oregon.

Peace & Love,
-Danny

A Date To Remember

Earlier this year I was participating in the Portland SE Art Walk. While there I had plenty of time to hang out with the other artist around me. As a group we noticed that a bunch of us created mandala and yantra art. Which lead us to decide to do a group project involving mandalas. We ended up deciding on creating a mandala wall calendar for next year.

We came up with a 12 month wall calendar featuring art from five different artist, Joanne Licardo, Roger Long, Mark Marasco, Danny Rodriguez, and Nobuaki Suzuki.

combining the work of several independent artist with the wisdom of traditional symbolism and sacred geometry we mindfully created a calendar to enhance the quality of the lives it touches through its presence.

The 2012 wall calendar we made is titled "Mandalas & Yantras, sacred geometry art". It is 8"x 8" with a saddle stitch binding, and was printed and bound in Portland, Oregon by the artist.



I made a three layer ebru sri yantra that is featured in January. Plus I made a two layer ebru agni yantra, it is the third mandala down on the right.

Calendars are a helpful tool. They are great for planning and logging birthdays. Honestly I wouldn't remember half the events I partake in without one.

Plus this one comes with a full year supply of Mandalas and Yantras to look at and meditate on.

We marked the days with U.S. and Christian holidays and observances as well as Hindu, Buddhist, Shinto, Rastafarian, and Celtic traditions. It really was fascinating to learn all the different holidays and see how they related with each other. It will surely be interesting to be aware of the holidays as they come to pass. I will see how many new traditions I will obtain over the next year.

The calendar is currently available through a presale in my etsy shop. If you order a calendar during the presale you get 25% off the regular cost. This means the early bird saves five bucks by getting a calendar for $15 instead of $20. The presale ends october 5th, 2011.

To celebrate the release of the calendar we are having a mandala art show on October 6th at Urban Grind in Portland, OR.


We have invited many other artist to show off their mandalas and yantras in the show as well as including all the pieces featured in the calendar. There will be a wide variety of mediums in the show including ebru, acrylic painting, oil painting, sand painting, pen and ink, and digital art. Plus during the opening will be the last chance to get the wall calendar at the discounted rate.

Grab your copy of Mandalas & Yantras 2012 calendar, then grab a couple more for gifts!

Peace & Love,
Danny