UPcoming EVENTS
Upcoming
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Intro to Marbling at Carpenter's Hall
Let's celebrate spring weather with an outdoor marbling workshop hosted by the Carpenter Hotel. 🌸 🌱 🌼
Join us for an afternoon of exploring water marbling- an ancient mono-printing process with artist Mercedez Rex. She will cover a brief history of marbling and demonstrate basic techniques of manipulating pigments on the surface of a water bath. Each participant will have their own marbling vat and time to practice learned techniques and color combinations before transferring their designs to both paper and silk textiles. Students will leave with prints on paper and silk.
ONLINE / ON-DEMAND
Marbling Finished Goods
Have you ever wondered what you could marble beyond paper? Building on the foundation of my introductory class, Marbling Through Creativity, this lesson delves into printing on various finished goods. I’ll demonstrate how to transfer marbled designs onto a silk scarf, a two-sided canvas bag, a cotton crop top, and a terracotta pot. You'll learn foundational marbling patterns, experiment with tools like a stylus and straw, and pick up tips for working solo. With natural materials like silk, wood, leather, canvas, and clay, the possibilities are endless!
Creativity Through Marbling: A Daily Practice
A pattern a day keeps boredom away! Join me in the captivating world of marbling, mastering techniques that adorn paper with mesmerizing patterns. Throughout your month-long journey, delve into four distinct pattern categories: Stone, Gel-Git, Nonpareil, and Chevron. Embrace the interplay of colors, gradually advancing to more intricate designs. Grow your creativity through marbling and experience the enchanting art of swirling colors, unveiling breathtaking designs that will ignite your imagination.
Online
Advanced Marbling Techniques
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If you caught a spark of inspiration from my Creativity Through Marbling, this class will fan the fire with more creative exploration and play. In Advanced Marbling Techniques, you’ll learn new skills and replicate specific patterns. I'll demonstrate a range of techniques that incorporate a variety of combs that, when used in a particular order, produce wonderful contemporary classic patterns. Many of these designs are compound patterns requiring a layering of techniques to achieve designs such as Double Cable Gel-git, French Curl and Peacock.
Online
Marbled Gift Wrappings
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Once you've been marbling for a while, you may have amassed a bunch of prints you aren't sure what to do with. Or maybe you someone who loves to add that personal touch of handmade to everything you do. Either way, this celebration-focused class demonstrates how to jazz up your gifts with colorful, unique wrappings. Surface designer Mercedez Rex leads you thorough how to reuse your previously marbled papers as wrapping paper and envelope liners, then how to marble ribbon, gift tags, and balsa wood ornaments in festive jewel tones.
Online
Intro to Marbling
My introductory course is now available ONLINE anytime, anywhere!
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This foundational class will cover the tools you will need and the basics of your set up. Learn classic historical patterns before diving into joyful experimentation using basic techniques of manipulating paints on the surface of a water bath.
Learn how to:
Create traditional marble patterns, including Sumi, Stone, Gel-Git, Combed, and Freestyle
Make a marbling solution known as "size"
Use specialized marbling tools including precision combs and marbling brushes
Make a heart and flower shape
PAST EVENTS
past
12/15/24
Casa Veronica La Tienda Holiday Market
Casa Veronica is pleased to invite you to our Open Studio & La Tiendita (Holiday Market). You can shop our recent collections along with special pricing for seconds, samples, and discontinued items. We have also invited several friends to pop-up — Corazon Verde Yerbas, Mercedez Rex, Mucho Mucho, and Sundown Vintage. A perfect time to grab some pieces/gifts before the holiday and great way to support small businesses.
Music: DJs Mija + Kowboy
Seasonal bites for sale by Forever Changes Nutrition and drinks supported by Lapo’s and Waterloo Sparkling Water.
Free & Open to All
Please RSVP below. We will send an email with our studio address a few days prior to the event.
past
12/14/24
Maggie's Holiday Market
🎁 Holiday Market Magic 🎄
This season, give gifts as unique as your loved ones! I'll be popping up with my collection of hand-marbled silk accessories—scarves, bandanas, pillowcases, and eye masks—perfect for gifting or treating yourself.
✨ Get Creative ✨
Looking for something extra special? Join us for a one-of-a-kind DIY marbling experience!
* Dip your own marbled ceramic ornaments or
* Create a custom marbled silk scarf
Want to bring the creativity home? Grab one of my DIY marbling kits—a fun and thoughtful gift for crafters or a great way to make your own keepsakes anytime.
📍 1101 Music Lane, ATX
📅 Saturday December 14th 11-3
Come for the art, leave with magic. Hope to see you there!
past
11/16/24
EAST Austin Studio Tour
DIY Jumbo silk scarves during EAST
* NOW BOOKING RESERVATIONS * (book now button ⤵️ to reserve walk-ins welcome)
Join me for some hands-on art fun during the East Austin Studio Tour! I’ll be set up with my 3'x3' jumbo marbling tray, fully prepped so you can pop in and create your own 35x35-inch marbled silk scarf.
It’s a quick, creative experience, perfect for gifting or adding a statement piece to your fall wardrobe. Don’t miss out on this chance to make something truly one-of-a-kind!
Past
7/12/24
Denver Crafty Hour: Magical Marbling
Sip + dip during this magical marbling crafty hour. Mercedez Rex will be set up with three DIY dipping stations for you to make groovy handmade gifts or treasured keepsakes.
Design and print a silk bandana or mini silk accessory to add a pop to your fave fit or chill down with a pair of koozies that will make your friends jealous.
Past
7/27/24
Denver Intro to Marbling
Mile High Marbling!
Join textile artist Mercedez Rex for an afternoon of creative play exploring the art of water marbling. We will cover a brief history of marbling as well as classic historical patterns before diving in to experiment with basic techniques of manipulating paints on the surface of a water bath. Each participant will have their own marbling vat and time to practice learned techniques and color combinations on both paper and silk textiles.
past
7/13/24
DENVER: Intro to Marbling
Marbling in the Mile High City!
Join textile artist Mercedez Rex for an afternoon of creative play exploring the art of water marbling. We will cover a brief history of marbling as well as classic historical patterns before diving in to experiment with basic techniques of manipulating paints on the surface of a water bath. Each participant will have their own marbling vat and time to practice learned techniques and color combinations on both paper and silk textiles.
Past
4/13/24
Dimensions Variable: A Journey Through the Senses (HTX)
Experience Hayv Kahraman: The Foreign in Us and engage all of your senses! Inspired by Kahraman’s cultural influences and surprising use of materials, this family-friendly event offers a flavorful torshi tasting presented by Houston chefs, a paper marbling workshop led by artist Mercedez Rex, and a live performance of the kamancheh, a Persian string instrument, by Badie Khalegian. Guests will also have access to Kahraman’s works on view. Free + Open to the Public | RSVP Appreciated | @theMoodyArts | moody.rice.edu
Past
5/4/24
Intro To Marbling
Marbling at the Cidery!
Join artist Mercedez Rex for an afternoon of creative play exploring the art of water marbling at Texas Keeper Cidery!
We will cover a brief history of marbling exploring classic historical patterns before diving in to experiment with basic techniques of manipulating paints on the surface of a water bath. Each participant will have their own marbling vat and time to practice learned techniques and color combinations on both paper and silk textiles.
Past
4/27/24
Wildflower Postcard Marbling
In this class we will explore basic Ebru techniques that stem from the Turkish tradition of marbling.
Unlike my Intro to Marbling class, the methods explored in this class will require attention to detail and mindful concentration. Each participant will work in a small format marbling tray, utilizing styluses of various gauges to manipulate paint on the surface of water into forms that resemble wild flowers.
Participants will leave with a dozen hand marbled postcards. 🌸 🌱 🌼
I had the pleasure of doing a marbling workshop with Mercedez in Santa Fe, NM as she was traveling through and it was such a fun experience! She is an easy going and light hearted person, so everyone in the room instantly felt relaxed and able to experiment creatively. There was ample time to explore and test out marbling techniques before we made our final prints so I ended up with some cool pieces that I used for gift wrapping as well as a beautiful silk neck scarf. I look forward to taking more workshops with her when I can.
Anna Gieselman
Santa Fe, NM