WorkshopsIn-PersonSuminagashi Marbling

Suminagashi Marbling

Event Info

This in-person workshop takes place at CBA on April 6, 2024 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Saturday, April 6, 10:00am – 4:00pm

Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on March 30th, at 11:59 pm.

About the Workshop:

This in-person workshop is taught by CBA instructor Sheryl Oppenheim

Suminagashi (translation: spilled or floating ink) is a style of marbling that originated in Japan by the year 1100. It is the oldest form of marbling and is just done with water and ink!

Participants will learn about the history of suminagashi marbling and look at examples of work by contemporary work and practitioners. After learning about materials and how to prepare them, you will learn a variety of techniques as you practice suminagashi, experimenting with different paper and methods. Students will come away with marbled paper of their own as well as a newfound knowledge of the suminagashi technique. No previous experience required!

Required Materials:

All materials will be provided by CBA at no additional charge to the students.

About Sheryl Oppenheim

Sheryl Oppenheim was born in 1983 and raised in Orlando, Florida. She is a painter, paper marbler, and maker of illegible books, an idea she first became interested in after seeing the work of Bruno Munari, and through her proximity to books, bookbinders, and marbled paper at her first job in New York, at a bookbinding supply house. She began marbling paper in 2011 and began learning Suminagashi in 2016. Her artist books and prints are included in public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Watson Library, the Museum of Modern Art, the Walker Art Center, the New York Public Library, the Brooklyn Museum, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

All images courtesy of the instructor.

Class size is limited to ensure an optimal participant to instructor ratio. Register now before spots fill up! Registration for this workshop closes on March 30th at 11:59pm. The price of this class is $210 plus a $30 materials fee.