at Water: Nature's Mediator Conference, Emerson College, 1st November 2013
This practical workshop took the form of three parts, firstly participants watched a demonstration of suminagashi and then made some of their own suminagashi prints. Secondly trays were filled with water, ink and mica dust to reveal the flow form patterns occurring within the body of water when it was disturbed by, for example, running a paintbrush through it. Drawings were made 'blind' in response to the patterns forming, participants were asked to use only their fingers dipped in graphite dust to mimic with drawn gesture some of the forms taking place in the water. The final part consisted of a meditation using simple mindfulness techniques to bring people into connection with a sense of the heart beat, rhythm, pulse and flow occurring within their own bodies. This was immediately followed by a drawing exercise which attempted to capture the essence of what participants experienced.
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| Demonstration of Suminagashi Technique |
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| One of the participant's suminagashi before laying the paper on the water |
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| Example of suminagashi |
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| Example of suminagashi |
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| Drawings being made in response to water patterns revealed by the mica dust |
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| Drawings being made in response to water patterns revealed by the mica dust |
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| Discussion around drawn responses to the mica dust experiments |
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| Responses to the meditation on flow occurring within the body |
Beautiful work.
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