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parsemage

parsemage 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.

Noun

parsemage (uncountable)

  1. 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.
    • 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

Questions about parsemage

What does parsemage mean?
Parsemage means 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.
What part of speech is parsemage?
Parsemage is a noun.

Words near parsemage in the dictionary

  1. parselet
  2. parselets
  3. Parsell
  4. Parsells
  5. parseltongue
  6. parsemage
  7. parsemé
  8. parser
  9. parsers
  10. parses
  11. parsettensite

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