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

Show and Tell

I recently contributed to the Portland Mini Maker Faire '13.

Once again the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry(OMSI) hosted Make Magazine's Portland Mini Maker Faire. This was the second year I attended the faire, sharing the magic of ebru with Portland's future DIY enthusiast.


Showing off the ebru skills.


Cosmic ebru demo.

All weekend long I demonstrated the diverse beauty of Turkish paper marbling for the guest. I also set-up a hands-on demo area with multiple trays of size so people could try marbling for themselves.


Freshly marbled papers hanging to dry.

Those whom chose to try their hand at ebru were able to embellished a print of the Maker Faire cat logo.


Proud marblers

I even marbled a cat head too.


Psychedelic dapper cat!

All and all the event was lots of fun, and I think a few new marblers were revealed.

-WORKSHOP UPDATE-
October 20th I will be hosting a paper and canvas marbling workshop at the Loaded Brush in SE PDX.


Peace & Love,
- Danny

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

After Dark

I recently had an ebru exhibit in the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, Oregon.



I was invited to participate in a monthly event at OMSI called "After Dark". After Dark is a different theme each month and for the month of November the featured theme was DIY. So I gathered my supplies together and set up an exhibit that taught museum goers how to marble paper for art, scrapbook, collage, and even bookmarks.



I brought an old school overhead projector with me and projected my ebru tray on to a screen so people could see what I was doing without crowding.


Plus it looks really cool.

I brought a couple extra trays with me and set them up for the museum patrons to learn and play on.



My exhibit was set up in the planetarium wing of the museum so there was star lights and a full moon glowing over head as people learned how to make monoprints of galactic color swirls on water.



I also set up an art display of my ebru for people to see what can de done with the medium. When I found out I was going to be in the planetarium I put together a collection of weird abstract ebru pieces for the display. Some where quite appropriately cosmic.


A galaxy far far away.

All and all it was a ton of fun, and I look forward to using the projector much more down the line.

Peace & Love,
-Danny