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

Shapes of things

Over the Summer months I had time to work on a few marbled art pieces. I put together a medley of patterns to be cut up and used like a stencil to make layers in the marbling.

The designs were mostly patterns built from simple geometric shapes.


A cosmic circle mandala

I really like the circles. I don't use black to often in my work, but in this case it wouldn't be the same without it.


Concentric perspective

Forcing the perspective a bit really makes it feel like the pattern continues beyond the frame.


It keeps going... and going

And some of the pieces reflect the seasonal sunshine.


As above...


...So below

But really I am dreaming about those Portland rain puddles.


and pond ripples.

In Other News

I've started selling prints and t-shirts again at the Portland Saturday Market. A weekly local Art & Craft faire on the Portland waterfront. Stop in and check out stuff first hand if your in the area.

----Workshops----

I will be hosting a Turkish paper marbling workshop at San Clemente Art Supply on September 16th.

I will be hosting a Turkish paper marbling workshop at ASW's Catalyst Gallery on September 17th.

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

Overtly Oversized

Earlier in the year I decided to start making my masked patterns on a larger scale. I enlarged my scale up to four times the size with great success. So, I decided to continue on with a few more XL pieces.


large handmade ebru art

I have been using a lot of handmade repeating patterns for my large masking designs.


Cosmic Zen Meditation


Geometric portal



Making another batch of XL marbled art was fun. I will have to make more big guys in the future.

For now I am sorting through some papers and starting a new screen design for an upcoming project.

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

Masks

I am doing a lot of masking.

I started by drawing up some images. I then turned the drawings I liked in to designs that I could cut out. Then the cut up designs were used as masking while taking the ebru mono-print. The masking is then removed to reveal the final image.


Triple lotus design

The Lotus flower is a symbol of perseverance and enlightenment. The Lotus is a flower that rises out of the mud to bring beauty to the world with its presence and harmony to the mind with its essence.


The lotus is also associated with beauty, fertility, prosperity, spirituality, and eternity

I also created a design with Shiva's Trishula and a sanskrit Shiva prayer.


Om Namah Shivaya

You might notice that two of these pieces have a very fine combed pattern. I recently spoiled myself with a new super fine toothed comb. I don't know how I went so long without it.

In Other News

----Workshops----

There are two paper marbling workshops coming up at the Loaded Brush in Portland, Oregon. One will be on June 26th, and the other on July 6th.

*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

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

Ebru Wonderland

How do you get to ebru wonderland?


Tied round the neck of the bottle was a paper label with the words "DRINK ME" beautifully printed on it in large letters.

Well one day while looking over my book shelf, I noticed that I had 4 copies of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. So I asked myself, "self , do you need 4 copies of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass?" It was then that the conclusion was reached to disassemble one of the books and re-use the paper for ebru.


Curiouser and curiouser!

A lovely level of psychedelic whimsy was the result of the addition of the ebru art. Vibrance, composition, and kinetic lines lent a new life to the classic illustrations found within the book.


There goes Bill!


The Queen's Croquet-Ground.

I had a lot of fun with this project and created tons of great pieces. I produced far too much to share it all here, but I will try to continue to reveal my favorites over time.

- In Other News -

• I have just added 2 ebru classes to the Fall Schedule at The Village Gallery Of Arts. The first class is on September 22nd, and the second class is on November 3rd. Don't hesitate, the classes will fill up fast.



• With Summer blazing away I am finding myself selling ebru art out in the streets of Portland, OR. The easiest place to find me would be at the Portland Saturday Market on the waterfront in downtown Portland, Oregon.



Peace and Love,
Danny

Bom Shiva!

My latest embellished ebru project is focused on the Hindu deity Lord Shiva.

I have been working on this project for a few months now. Here are some of the process shots.

Hand painting the Sri Shiva screen on the floor while Chelsea Rose paints her tribute to Lakshmi.


Double layer ebru prints ready to be screen printed on.

Some know him as the Destroyer, and others know him as the Transformer. But Shiva spends most of his existence as the sage does, perched high in the mountains in a deep meditation.


original handmade two layer acrylic ebru (turkish paper marbling) mono-print embellished with Sri Shiva screen print on cotton paper. 19" x 24"

Shiva represents truth, wisdom, and humility.

Sitting in the lotus position with hands resting is the traditional gesture of meditation. The trident seen in his right hand represents the trinity of creation, protection, and destruction. While the drum in the left hand is said to be the source of the first sound from which all of creation resonated. Two more of his hands are reaching above his head with the index fingers touching the thumbs in the gesture of the Vitarka Mudra, a seal of knowledge and enlightenment.


The ultimate in self control, Shiva is the Lord of the Yogis.

Shiva is always seen with a cobra wrapped around his neck, showing his mastery over fear and death. The snake is wrapped around his neck three times symbolizing control over mind, body, and ego.

Shiva also has three lines of ash on his forehead which represent the mastery over the three stages of existence, birth, life, and death, and through the mastery of seeing beyond the illusions of this existence, the universe is cleansed of the impurity of desire through Shiva's third eye.

The third eye peering out of his forehead emits a cleansing flame from which the pure is reborn. No evil can escape the flame of the fully opened third eye of shiva.

In the top of his hair lies the goddess Ganga, from which the river Gangas flows down Shivas dreadlocks to the earth, where it purifies the people, as a statement of selfless compassion. Shiva is also associated with the waning moon which is a symbol of healing.


original handmade two layer acrylic ebru (turkish paper marbling) mono-print embellished with Sri Shiva screen print on cotton paper. 19" x 24"

Om Shiva Shankara Hari Hari Ganga! Bom Shiva!

~Other News
• on the topic of transformation, I recently used some ebru in the cover art for the new Bone And All podcast featuring Chelsea Rose's spoken word poetry, CHAOS CREATURE. Listen>>>

Chelsea Rose leads an exploration through consciousness and evolution.

• Also, later this month I will be doing an Ebru demo at OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) as part of the monthly "OMSI After Dark" event. If you live in the Portland, OR. area, this is your chance to learn more about ebru first hand. See you there!

Peace & Love,
-Danny

Double Exposure

I have been working on a bunch of new pieces lately.

combing the acrylic paint across the size.

The pieces I have been working on are double layered mono-prints. So every piece of paper gets put through the whole ebru process twice.


and it looks twice as cool.

The plus side of double the work comes from overlaying the patterns, which brings a lot of new life to the pieces. The hues vary as the two layers interact and define new details to delight in.


kinda like double exposed film.

In other news,
I am also working on a new embellished ebru piece. It will combine an original Sri Shiva screen print design with double layered ebru.

Also, we at Lucid Optic Lab have been working hard on making some art pendants. We made a few pendants out of select embellished ebru pieces of mine, as well as a few original ebru pendants check out what we have in stock here.

Until next time.

Peace & Love,
Danny