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