parsemage

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noun

A surrealist automatic art technique in which dust from charcoal or chalk is scattered onto water and then skimmed off by passing stiff paper or cardboard just under the surface.

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nounparsemage (uncountable)
  1. uncountableartA surrealist automatic art technique in which dust from charcoal or chalk is scattered onto water and then skimmed off by passing stiff paper or cardboard just under the surface.

    Soufflage is a technique in which liquid paint is blown onto a surface; in parsemage charcoal dust is scattered on the surface of water and then skimmed off with a sheet of paper; in fumage images are imprinted on a sheet of paper or canvas by the smoke of a candle or a kerosene lamp […]

    2017, Kari Jormakka, Basics Design Methods, page 37
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