Suminagashi · 墨流し

Floating ink.

Drag your cursor across the water. This is suminagashi, ink floated on still water, the way it's been done for over 800 years. A little reward for getting this far.

Your browser needs WebGL to float the ink. The colophon is back the way you came.

Suminagashi (墨流し) — ink floated on still water, here as a real-time fluid simulation. After an interactive versionbuilt by hayashimon1, which is what sent me down this path. The art form itself is over 800 years old.