Matts, Masks, Moon and Mountains Marbled.

Olaf O'laugh said he would only take part in the 7th International Marblers' Gathering The Peace of Paper - Tehran 2015 (and marbling in general) if it were something different.  If being in Iran isn't different than I don't know what would be.

The idea of a Marblers' Gathering is that
it offers more common values and interest than a curated or historical show. As a marbling artist I don't care about politics or race. I love all marbling no matter from which culture or country or era of history that they come from.

I have a letter from Jake Benson that I will share as we travel a virtual marbling/ebru/abri trip to Tehran. But for now I am just going to post some photos.

I had a dream there were cloulds in my coffee ...or was it ebru in my coffee.

Marbling is Ebru but Ebru is not Marbling

Marbled Money and Marbeized Wallpaper

Ben Franklin tried to keep colonial Americans from counterfeiting Continental currency by marbling the edges of the money he was printing. I saw examples at the Dard Hunter Museum before it moved and I thought the counterfeit bills had better marbling.

It was like the large pattern printed marbled wallpaper ... marbling will descend to the lowest common denominator.

But that is the beauty of thinking about the future not the past. I believe in contemporary marbling. Not that 'Ebru', 'Abri' or 'Marbling' can't be modern but the names themselves have baggage.

But the digital names that might describe the future of marbling might be even heavier. Chaos, fractals, interference patterns, waves that travel of density interface, or just plain ol' 'digital marbling.'

Counterculture Marbling

Hippie Marbling

Worlds Largest Marbling

The World Largest piece of marbleized fabric 900 sq. ft.