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

Pop Ebru

I've been mixing it up with pop art portraits.

What started as an offering to do commissioned portraits for my patrons turned into a small but awesome pop art ebru series.


"Lately things just don't seem the same."

The portraits are made from a single uncut piece of paper. I implemented the use of paper masks, a.k.a. stencils, to define the shapes of each portrait. Each color and pattern used bring a unique new life to the highly recognizable classic pop images. Each finished piece in this small series has two vibrant layers of original ebru.


Using the light table to aline the stencil.

Jimi Hendrix(the visionary), Jim Morrison(the poet), and Bob Marley(the heart), the subjects of my pop art ebru series are all musicians I grew up listening to and reading about. Their music and lives have a strong influence on who I am today. So in a way these are portraits of my inspirations.


"Strange times have found us."


"Live the life you love."

You can collect all three pop ebru images from my etsy shop! I have archival prints available at a great price.

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

I recently took a trip over to the M. Graham paint companies manufacturing warehouse. M. Graham is one of the paints I use the most to create my ebru art. It was interesting learning and watching how paint is made. Especially since it is such a important part of my art.



-----More News-----

For the month of May I will have a selection of my art available to view at Fuel Bistro in the Alberta Arts district of Portland, Oregon.



----Workshops----

I have a paper marbling workshop coming up on May 18th at the Loaded Brush in SE Portland, Oregon.
*sign-up for workshops in advance.

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

Peace & Love,
- Danny

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

Portraits and Workshops

Lately I've been trying my hand at portraits.

I started with ebru silhouettes. A simple nostalgic design defined in ebru.


Silhouette profile portrait.


It's good for pets too.

Silhouettes are fun. I can make you a custom one too. Check out the listing in my etsy shop.

I have also been working on stencil portraits based on photos.


The lovely artist Miss Chelsea Rose.

They say all artist paint themselves. So here is a couple of my self portraits.





I can make custom portraits too. Go to my etsy shop to learn more.

- In Other News -

Marbling workshops are going great. I had a good time with the group at Catalyst in Westminster, California.





Plus there are two more workshops scheduled in the portland area that are coming up soon. I have a paper marbling class at The Loaded Brush on February 16th and a fabric marbling workshop for April 12th at The Village Gallery Of Arts.
*sign-up for workshops in advance.

Are you interested in booking an ebru lesson or workshop? Contact me at art@dannyebru.com

Peace & Love,
- Danny

Ganesh And The Flower Of Life

My latest project is a three headed Ganesh with marigolds.

I started this project in September during Ganesha Chaturthi and spent three months working on it. This is the second Ganesh design I have made. However this design is much different then the single headed full body image of my first Ganesh.


Ganesh is hailed as the mover of obstacles, patron of the arts, and protecter of the downtrodden.

The project required many steps, starting with a large ebru mono-print that covered the paper.


This freeform marbling will become the background.

While normally I save the screen printing for last, this project required a change in process. I needed to screen print at this point of the project so I could have a guide when placing the mask over the four big marigold flowers.


Marigolds are known mostly as a symbol of creativity and passion. However Marigold also helps with herbal healing, and is a botanical protector in the garden.

I glued paper cut-outs down over the screen print. Then I went back to the tray for a second layer of ebru.


The paper mask protects the covered area from the second layer of color.

I remove the mask during the rinse the paper receives after I pull it from the tray. Once the paper dries it's finished




But there is more!

I also finished a second version of the piece.

This second piece took three times longer then the first to produce. The reason being, I decided it is time to take my work up to the next level. I am attempting to do so by embellishing the second layer of ebru with a masked pattern.



I appointed the flower of life pattern for this piece. This popular sacred geometry pattern of unity contains all the fundamental forms of life.


Sri Ganesh!

- In Other News -

I have scheduled a fabric marbling workshop for April 12th 2014 at The Village Gallery Of Arts. *sign-up in advance.

Are you interested in booking an ebru lesson or workshop? Contact me at art@dannyebru.com

Peace & Love,
- Danny

Triangle Time

Take a look at some recent work of mine. It looks like my latest trend is triangles.

This first piece is my favorite of the year so far for two reasons. One, I love optical illusions. Two, the ebru came out nice and clean with lots of contrast.


Handmade psychedelic 3D illusion.

The impossible triangle is made up of four separate ebru prints on this one piece of paper.


not so impossible after all.

This next piece is made of triangles linked together to form a tetrahedron knot design. This piece has a natural glow to the warm colors, and a dark velvet feel to the cool colors. The ebru patterns used are rather simple, but rich contrast of color really draws me in.


How many triangles do you see?

This third piece is covered in triangles. Although the focus of the piece is really on the abstract ebru-scape background. The idea behind this piece is based on old cottage window designs, and the amazing fictional landscape outside my window.


Window with a view?

- In Other News -

I recently had the pleasure of hosting a workshop at a new facility, The Loaded Brush, in SE Portland. It was a beginners workshop that started out with paper marbling and evolved into canvas marbling. The workshops went so well we are arranging more for 2014.


Widening the circle.

Interested in booking an ebru lesson or workshop? 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