Suminagashi Japanese Paper Marbling

Watch artisan tadao fukuda as he creates beautiful handmade marbled papers an art called suminagashi 墨流し in japanese.

Suminagashi japanese paper marbling. Although paper marbling has been around for ages i was recently intrigued to give it a go when i saw this cool japanese marbling technique also known as suminagashi paper marbling on a an artist friend s instagram. Posted on november 5 2013 by ruth under step by step. Mr fukuda is in his eighties and very energetic to have had his marbling paper workshops everywhere in japan and even in overseas in the workshop you don t make paper but design a picture with ink colors. Suminagashi ﾉ ヮ ﾉ please expand description hey guys it s pengwen and i hope you enjoy this new video on suminagashi also known as japanese marbling.

Suminagashi which translates to floating black ink is an ancient meditative japanese practice of gently floating pigments on the surface of water with a brush and then capturing the mono print image on an absorbent paper. This exciting 4 hour workshop will present historical background and introduce the time honored technique and several artistic possibilities. While relatively easy there are still a few things that can go wrong while you re marbling so here are some tips if you re running into trouble on your marbled paper. Suminagashi marbling is a japanese paper marbling technique that involves floating sumi ink on water in concentric rings.

Paper marbling is a method of aqueous surface design which can produce patterns similar to smooth marble or other kinds of stone. Through several centuries people have applied marbled materials to a variety of.