
How to Make Suminagashi (Japanese Water Marbling Prints)
Suminagashi is the art of Japanese water marbling. You can use the prints to make decorative tags, origami models, and more.

In this demonstration, artist Karen Elaine shows you:
➡️ How to make suminagashi prints
➡️ How to carve your own Hanko initials stamp, or chop
➡️ Fun things you can create with your sumingashi prints
Items Used:
For an easy, shoppable overview of the Yasutomo items used in this video, visit our How to Make Suminagashi Prints collection HERE.
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Suminagashi Kit (SG-KIT) - a brand new Yasutomo item! Kit includes:
- 2 sumi brushes (CC1)
- 1 bottle of black liquid sumi ink (KY2)
- 2 round plastic dishes
- 10 sheets of 5" x 7" Hosho paper
- Water tray that doubles as a storage container
- Video: Hedi Kyle's Diagonal Pocket Fold (video from Liberty Liberty Grove Paper Arts - Akerly)
- Karen made the above diagonal pocket using a piece of Hosho paper (from 6H pad) with suminagashi
- Kodak Photo-Flo (not sold by Yasutomo)
- Pro Chemical & Dye Marbling Surfactant (not sold by Yasutomo)
- Gasen paper (6G)
- Kit includes 10 sheets of Hosho paper cut into 5" x 7" - you can also use larger Hosho paper with our 9" x 12" Hosho paper pad (6H) but it will produce lighter prints; Gasen paper (6G) is also popular for suminagashi prints
- Niji Woodcarving Tools, 7 Piece Set (WK7)
- Y&C Artist Pencil 0.9mm lead (KMPA09)
- Tracing paper (not sold by Yasutomo)
- Bamboo folding tool (OBF-7)
- Ranger Archival Ink pad in red (not sold by Yasutomo)
- Karen mentioned artist Icarus Mid Air who does amazing paper art and inspired her to make her origami crane with leaves on wings
- Karen made the paper suminagashi tag using 2.5" x 5" Bristol paper and put it through a tag punch
Find Karen online:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/karenelainecreative/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KarenElaine
Tag us in your posts on Instagram @yasutomo_art and @karenelainecreative so we can see your creations
