In a departure from Shuster’s work as an educator, designer, and book artist, a recent interest in paper marbling - commonly used for book covers and endpapers in fine bindings - led her to explore a contemporary, artistic approach to suminagashi, a Japanese marbling technique. This method of aqueous surface design produces organic patterns reminiscent of wood grain, fingerprints and sand dunes. Shuster juxtaposes these with geometric patterns by masking specific areas of a single sheet of paper before carefully running the paper through multiple marbling baths crafted with hundreds of concentric circles of ink floating on water, with meticulous consideration given to color combinations. The process creates a layered, transparent effect, giving each resulting monotype the illusion of depth while offering a thoughtful investigation into the harmonious yet contrasting concepts of simplicity/complexity, digital/analog, masculine/feminine, organic/geometric, and control/surrender.