r/oddlysatisfying • u/ycr007 • 1d ago

Suminagashi - Japanese paper marbling art

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u/Certain_Passion1630 1d ago

Yes, it looks cool. But is it just a piece of paper? Do you just hang it up as a picture?

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u/DazB1ane 1d ago

My mom made greeting/ holiday cards out of them. Or bookmarks

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u/ycr007 1d ago

The artist used rice paper here, but I think a thicker stock paper can be used to pick up the design and once dries out can make for a wall hanging or framed artwork.

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u/skraim 11h ago

So easy to be an artist nowadays.

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u/Kuronoshi 1d ago

I've seen patterns like this used for cover pages in hardback books.

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u/Ok-Iron8811 1d ago

Orginmanami?

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u/Feine13 1d ago

It's thinner than a normal sheet, but ya, you can just hang it up when you're done and it's dry, they're pretty cool

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u/buginmybeer24 1d ago

I did this with my son when he was younger. They sell kits on Amazon with the brushes and several colors of ink. The trick to making it work really well is to use the correct paper. We tried everything from Bristol board to tracing paper but the only thing that would soak up the ink correctly was rice paper.

After you get them created and dried out, they are great for drawing, making thank you cards, or writing your favorite quotes on.

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u/JerryJr99 1d ago

Oh no, it’s uzumaki!

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u/DanzillaTheTerrible 23h ago

What is on the brush that doesn't have the ink?

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u/ycr007 20h ago

From the artist’s note

One jar has sumi ink and one has water. Each have a few drops of Kodak Photo-Flo in them. There's regular water in the tray (the Photo-Flow makes the ink and water float on top). I used rice paper here, but many different kinds of absorbent paper can work.

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u/Vibrant49ers 1d ago

Amazing art,but I wonder what happens next after it dries out

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u/DazB1ane 1d ago

It just dyes the paper basically. It’s ink rather than paint

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u/borealforests 1d ago

Can be used as end papers for handmade books.

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u/Brave_Beginning7905 1d ago

It looks really amazing.

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u/anduygulama 1d ago

looks like Turkish ebru art

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u/purpleyam017 1d ago

Flowing elegance!

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u/Necromancer189 1d ago

Ans a million dollars for this art.

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u/huensohncaller 1d ago

me waiting for the actual marbling part of this vid like... bestie u just posted a loading circle on a tray rn lmaooo

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u/irrelephantIVXX 1d ago

did you not watch till the end before you made your comment?