Paper 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.
Best paper for japanese marbling.
D sharp edges high contrast and crisp veins showing the clean white of the paper.
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.
Watercolor pape r was the perfect thickness and absorbed the inks beautifully.
For suminagashi i ve used student grade hosho kinwashi kitakata torinoko unryu and many fine handmade japanese papers sold through aiko s in chicago now closed.
C a bit of residual paint in white areas.
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I suggest purchasing the ultimate marbling handbook by diane maurer mathison.
Based on these examples the following heavy weight papers are suitable for marbling in a moderate value range.
This exciting 4 hour workshop will present historical background and introduce the time honored technique.
Watch artisan tadao fukuda as he creates beautiful handmade marbled papers an art called suminagashi 墨流し in japanese.
One of my papers with suminagashi background has been circulating on the internet for years.