Rounding Up

Hey, It looks like we made it to 2018.

I would just like to catch up on what I had been up to for the last bit of 2017. I've been quite productive.

I had the privilege to make a series of collaborative works with the artist Chelsea Rose(aka: @LucidRose). We made a total of ten pieces on wood panel. Each piece was marbled first, Then Chelsea adorned the ebru art with an original painting of a creature or scene from the world of Lucid Rose


Joint Efforts

We created the ten pieces for the 10th Annual Portland Big 500 Art Show. The Big 500 is a neat show that happens every December. It has 500 local artists contribute art for a massive display that spans three different neighboring galleries.


First come, first serve

The whole show is "cash & carry". Meaning if you want a piece just pull it off the wall and pay for it then take it with you. This first come style creates quite the commotion.

I also held a Silk Marbling workshop at The Loaded Brush in Portland.


Another successful Ebru workshop

Its been a while since holding a silk workshop. I had a blast and we all had some great marbled results. So, I decided to hold another silk marbling workshop this Spring.

----Workshops----

I will be hosting a silk marbling workshop at The Loaded Brush on February 11th.

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

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 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.


Paper patchwork

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


A closer look




360 coverage



But that's not all.

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


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.



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

But wait, there's more.

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


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.





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

Marbling Mexico

I recently made a quick trip into Mexico for a live performance. JW Marriott asked me to perform at the grand opening of their new resort in Los Cabos.


JW Marriott, Los Cabos, Mexico

It was a brand new beachfront resort. There was fancy lighting and live drummers everywhere, while Chelsea Rose and I were doing live marbling on a pair of 8 foot trays for onlookers.


I am a warrior of art or something


Preshow smiles from Chelsea Rose


Blue Stone



I also produced an exclusive line of paper for JW Marriott to mark the occasion. The paper was made available to the guests who were invited to the opening.


Collectors edition

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

There will be a paper marbling workshop at the Loaded Brush in Portland, Oregon on April 3rd.

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

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

Peace & Love,
- Danny

Marbling Workshops

I have hit that time of year where I am teaching one workshop after another.


The Loaded Brush, Portland, Oregon

For the last three months I have done at least one event every three weeks. Thats a lot of seats containing new marblers, both amazed and passionate about their new interest. Honestly, I couldn't be happier to share my passion, especially since its been so well received.


ASW's Catalyst Gallery, Orange County, California

I went back to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry for my forth year of the Portland Mini Maker Faire. Its fun introducing wee ones to marbling. At times the kids seems to grasp it better than the adults accompanying them.


We made prints with the Maker cat printed on them.

I do enjoy sharing the technique, but what about the people out of town who can't make it to one of the workshops.

Well, I have been thinking about that for a few months. I came to the conclusion to make a booklet as a start. The booklet details supplies, preparation, pattern design, and printing. You can buy the downloadable booklet here, and the printed booklet here.

The booklet was just the start though. I have also started making detailed video tutorials. The videos are all available on my Patreon.


Here's a sneak peak. Help me make more videos by supporting me on Patreon

Now I can share my how-to marbling workshop experience with people all over the world. And more importantly I can share it for a very accessible price. Because the magic of marbling should be for everyone. For as low as $1 a month you will have access to my marbling prep videos, and $5 a month for access to everything else, including marbling pattern, print effects, and more.

Come show your support and feed your interest.

https://www.patreon.com/dannyebru

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

There will be a paper marbling workshop at the Loaded Brush in Portland, Oregon on October 21st.

*sign-up for workshops in advance.

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

Peace & Love,
- Danny

Ripples, Waves, and Moire

Lately I placed part of my focus on perfecting the ebru print styles of the moire effect.

You see just like there are many different patterns to make in the tray, there are many alterations to the printing process. Many of which create new fascinating looks. Many of the different printing styles are regular features here such as the drag, masking, ripples, layers, spanish waves, and standard printing. The moire has always been on my list of must know techniques.

As you can see below, I have made great strides toward mastering this style too.


There is a bit of 3D illusion to it.


There is some depth and dimension to it too.

The moire is a fun technique, and its not to far from the ripple and wave printing styles I have such a blast making.
Check out these ripple and wave details from recent prints of mine.




I like when the ripples are so dramatic they look more like folds.





You will definitely see more of these printing styles gracing this blog in the future. I can't get enough of them.

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

I have my second paper marbling workshop at Art Supply Warehouse's Catalyst Gallery in Orange County, California. This August 22nd, We will be hand marbling paper at basic and advanced levels.
*sign-up for workshops in advance.

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

Peace & Love,
- Danny

Epic Project

I had been working on a big project for a few months, and I am just now wrapping it up.

I started talking with Derse, a representative for a potential client, early in the fall. While everyone else was planning Thanksgiving, I was planning the first phase of production for my new gig. I would be doing ebru for faucet and fixture giant, Moen. They wanted live ebru art as well as a hands-on experience in the Moen lounge booth at KBIS(Kitchen, Bath, and Interior Show) for 2015. I was also commissioned to create multiple pieces to be used as display around the Moen lounge booth, the Moen show floor booth, and a special Moen Spa event outside of KBIS. Thats not all. I was also tasked to create an exclusive custom edition of 500 handmade ebru papers for Moen to hand out at KBIS 2015.


Using the big tray for a big order.

I started by making the display pieces for the Lounge area. I designed and printed pieces on kozo paper(my favorite) to be scanned and reproduced on a larger scale. Then quickly jumped into production of the custom edition papers. Moen requested multiple blues with white in a freestyle pattern printed with a ripple effect.


Check.

I had to dedicate a whole room to prepping, drying, and cutting paper to fill the order within the deadline. Not only did I skip out on Thanksgiving but I also worked though Christmas while marbling away day after day. I was able to fill the custom edition order, ship it out and move on to the next phase of the project.


Custom edition details.

The next phase was to create custom original ebru art to display in the Moen show floor booth. I was given a design guide for each section, so I could work within the interior designers vision to create a impressive comprehensive display.


The colors really pop off all that black.


The curve in the swirled ebru kinda reflects the curve in the faucet.

With all the custom orders filled I turned my full attention to the show. I still had to prepare everything so I could travel to Las Vegas and not only perform for the two million people roaming around the convention floors that week but also host a hands-on demo for thousands of curious/adventurous/artsy people too. So I boxed up a good portion of my ebru art studio and workshop supplies then shipped it to Las Vegas in preparation for the show.


Moen lounge booth

As you can see the Moen lounge booth was quite large. In the center was my workstation where I did all my performance work. We had a camera capturing everything I did and displaying it live on a monitor over my head. I produced 8-10 big paper pieces a day during my performances. The pieces I created were then won as prizes in a social media sweepstakes held during KBIS 2015 by Moen.


Moen lounge performance.


stirring things up for convention goers.

Their was a style guide controlling the colors I used, but I use the chosen colors a lot anyways so it was still fun and natural. I made some pretty nice pieces during my live performances.


Live art.


Live art dripping on my arm.

As I mentioned before, there was also a hands-on demo for the artsy and adventurous convention goer. We had eight smaller trays for the hands-on demo set up on the left side of the Moen lounge booth. The demo area was being run by a trained crew of four that I brought with me to the convention so I could focus on my performances. People were invited to put on an apron to protect their clothes and were shown how to make there own little ebru paper to take home(or take to the office I guess).


The lovely Chelsea Rose at the hands-on demo station.

Over on the right side of the booth we had treats. There was infused fruit water and gourmet marbled chocolates to enjoy while catching a live ebru show or waiting for their own papers to dry.


Packaged and ready to go! Plus Marbled chocolate!!

The show was a great success. I made some amazing ebru pieces. We handed out all my postcards. People all over the KBIS 2015 convention were buzzing about Ebru. And we saw plenty of repeat visitors.

Big thanks to Moen, Derse, and my Las Vegas crew for helping make it all possible.

Hard to believe I spent three months on the Moen Project. But thats not all I was up to. I also held two sold out workshops, and participated in three different group art shows around Portland. I will be talking about all those events in a separate blog entry.

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

I have my second paper marbling workshop at the Spark Arts Center in NE Portland, Oregon. Coming up on February 13th 7-9pm. We will be hand marbling paper to the theme of Valintines Day while enjoying sips of wine.
*sign-up for workshops in advance.

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

Peace & Love,
- Danny

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

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