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Whether you’ve tried suminigashi or not, you’ll want to dive into these very different vats of floating inks!
This ancient mono-printing process involves floating acrylic pigment on the surface of thickened (“sized”) water to create patterns which can then be transferred onto paper or fabric. We’ll cover the materials and tools and the basics of your set up. We’ll even be making some tools of our own to use in this workshop!
We’ll go through the classic historical patterns and then keep on with joyful experimentation and techniques of manipulating heavy inks on the surface of a ‘sized’ water bath.
We’ll be experimenting with oils -what?! Oil and water?! Yes, that’s right- as well as various brushes and combs to create a variety of swirls and design patterns.
All materials are provided - please note, this particular printing can be messy business and the inks can stain -Casual clothing is recommended. Marbling is a wet process and papers made in the workshop may not be dry at the end of class. You may want to bring an apron and your glasses, too.
Space is very limited!
ABOUT MOLLY C. MENG
Molly C. Meng studied literature with a personal minor in collecting other people's lives. An obsession with old ledgers, vintage photos. and every single discarded book that exists, her work reimagines the untold stories behind the otherwise forgotten items of every day.
A self-taught artist, the medium of collage in both paper and textiles is Molly's dominant form of communicating. She successfully weaves the elements of ephemera and storytelling into each piece she creates.
The spectacular beauty of the ordinary is elevated with detail in her work. Molly's work has shown nationally in both museums and galleries located in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Wisconsin and Montana. She has produced large scale commissions for interior designers, personal homes and a number of Prometheus apartment complexes in Northern California.
Other than creating her own artwork, Molly helps adults and young people lean into their unique talent by teaching creative workshops around the U.S. as well as on an annual retreat in the South of France. Molly C. Meng is currently living and working in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.