[BKARTS] ANNOUNCEMENT: Free Public Lecture on Paper Marbling History at Pyramid Atlantic

[Jake Benson <handbindery@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*Please forgive any cross-posting of the following announcement*

Gardens of the Imagination:
Traditions of Paper Marbling in Asia and the Islamic World

A free public presentation by Jake Benson

When: Friday October 14th at 7 -8 PM

Where: Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center,
8230 Georgia Avenue. Silver Spring, MD.
http://www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org

Who should attend: This lecture is meant to raise awareness among 
contemporary artists and craftspeople about the art of marbling. Yet it 
will also be of great interest to Librarians, Curators, Scholars, 
Conservators, and Collectors and others who encounter marbled papers 
during the course of their work or research. This event will hopefully 
serve to inspire further identification and publication of marbled 
papers within public and private collections in the US and abroad. In 
addition to scholars and curatorial staff, specialists in Asian and 
Islamic art and culture are especially encouraged to attend.

General Description: Join marbler and historian Jake Benson for a 
cross-cultural visual exploration of the art of marbling. Many people 
are familiar with marbled designs from contemporary commercial 
packaging, graphic design, professional matting, and bookbinding. Yet 
comparatively few fully understand just how these curious designs are 
created, much less familiar with the very rich history and wide variety 
of specialized applications for marbled paper found in different 
cultures.

The lecture will cover the latest research and insight into the 
earliest forms of marbling in East Asia, including an overview of 
suminagashi papers found in important Japanese manuscripts. Methods of 
marbling in the Eastern Islamic world will be presented in detail, 
concentrating on areas in Central Asia, South Asia, and Western Asia. 
The lecture will not only look at variant methods of marbling, but also 
the historical role of marbling in manuscript production.

A selection of datable works by famous calligraphers and poets written 
directly over the surface of a marbled sheet will be shown. In 
addition, a detailed examination of the incorporation of marbling into 
painting and manuscript illumination and illustration will be offered. 
Many of the images the will be presented have either not been published 
or are not widely recognized. Finally, the relationship of these early 
methods to the development of marbling in Europe and America will be 
briefly covered.

On the following day, Saturday October 15th, Pyramid Atlantic will host 
a daylong intensive workshop on traditional and contemporary forms of 
Japanese suminagashi marbling taught by Mr. Benson. For directions to 
the Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, please follow the link to the 
center’s web site listed at the top of this announcement. A full 
description of the workshop has been posted on the Pyramid Atlantic web 
site and can be viewed by clicking on the direct link below, and look 
for the second workshop listed. A registration form in adobe PDF format 
is available to download by clicking the link at the bottom of the 
page.

http://www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org/studio/papermaking.htm


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