Process
In Japanese, suminagashi means “floating ink.” It’s a method Rebecca loves because it’s meditative, like raindrops hitting a lake, and surprising because you can’t totally control the results. She first created this pattern in india ink on water by touching her paintbrushes lightly to its surface then dipping rice paper in to capture it. Re-creating the marbled design as a woven pattern, which typically is more structured and geometric, took close collaboration with our partners at a specialty weaving factory in Pennsylvania. The jacquard loom artisan-dyed warp yarn allows us to capture the intricate colors of the original marbled artwork in a textile that has a luxurious weight and texture.
