Event Info
This virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on Wednesday, May 29 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
- Wednesday, May 29, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on May 15, at 11:59 pm.
About the Workshop:
This virtual 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 artists and practitioners. After learning about the necessary materials and how to prepare them, you will learn a variety of techniques as you practice suminagashi, experimenting with different paper and methods. Participants will come away with multiple sheets of their own marbled paper as well as a newfound knowledge of the suminagashi technique.
No previous experience required!
Please Note: This virtual class is not recorded and students must participate live online.
Required Materials:
This class requires a variety of specialty materials. A full list of materials will be shared with you upon registration.
Please contact education@centerforbookarts.org with any questions on materials for this workshop.
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. She has participated in recent exhibitions at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Sadie Halie Projects, Deanna Evans Projects, International Print Center New York, Small Editions, and the Cranbrook Museum of Art. Oppenheim received her BA from Brandeis University and her MFA from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art. She lives and works in New York City.
All images courtesy of the instructor.
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