Greetings from the Midwest, USA. We have been busy with exhibition plans! Mr. Kuroda and I will exhibit from September 10 to October 22 in Chicago at the...
If someone wants to reproduce a marbled sheet to make endpapers for a commercial edition, how much would you charge for its use? Yehuda Miklaf Jerusalem...
It depends on how many they are printing. Try the graphic artists guild handbook, I believe $500 is the going rate for one time/ first time with a number of...
Hi everyone! I am a longtime lurker here, but now I need help. I marbled a T-shirt about 15 years ago, and I was wearing it at a craft fair the other day when...
Just say NO! the canvass prob wont take the paint very well..... the T shirt delima is like a major hassle about the white streeks Thats just the way it is!...
... Ah well...a note on marbling cotton tees; you can touch up the white lines using a dilute paint solution matching the most dominant color of the marbled...
Can someone please enlighten me about those 'Digest numbers' in the subject-box? We've had them before, and I cannot fathom where they derive from. I'm far...
The digest number in the subject heading is from members who received daily digest (their subject heading would be digest number #, I guess the numeric would...
Yes, John is right. And read books, look at what out forefathers did, see exhibitions. The most important step on your way to learn any sort of decorated paper...
In the current issue of Art on Paper" (July-August) there is an article about the marbled artwork of Philip Taaffe (anyone know him?), including seven works,...
I know P.Taffe.....not well, but he came over to learn marbling techniques with me to incorporate into his artwork. He is quite a brilliant painter actually,...
Did a google search, one result has some images http://www.artnet.com/ag/FineArtThumbnails.asp? currpage=2&aid=16362&ViewSize=large Above is page 2 Also click...
I think you may have meant to link to the URL: http://www.artnet.com/artist/16362/Philip_Taaffe.html There are 3 pages of Philip Taaffe's works displayed...
Interesting! Now if only we could do a marbled image and command the prices I would imagine Taffe commands as a well recognized artist. Maybe this is a good...
Yes, he's most known for works done in the 80's and 90's. Glad to hear he learned something from Iris! The works in the magazine are purely marbling, more...
hello my name is danilo did any one knows what is the real ebru art or the real means of this unique art?? you are talking about very bad execution like you...
I will not recommend books to read, as I don't know how much you know already and as I don't know which is your language. Fact is, though, that much of what is...
What Taaffe does, as far as I can judge from the screen, is what many European artists did in the years around 1900. They fell in love with decorated paper...
I believe this was his intention. He also got captivated with making images. He was fascinated by the process in a very pure way, like a kid seeing it for the...
How right you are, Iris. Having artists in a class is great, but a not-too-frequent event. Usually they start with a lovely mixture of couriosity and...
If you wish to learn ebru from origin, let you visit Turkey. You may find deep styles of ebru here. Regards Caglar ORHAN ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address...
I have received a letter from Nedim announcing that, due to severe financia= l problems in the Austrian firm he was scheduled to work for, he and his wife...
I have been trying to marble objects not paper using oil-based paint but every paint i try it just skins up on top of the water. I have tried the paste oil...
I spent thousands of dollars and many hours learning this. It is a real serious art! Not just a weekend craft. Are there any examples out there or real...