The Art Of Marbling Paper

See a selection of my marbled paper patterns on youtube.

The art of marbling paper.

A trip down the rabbit hole of google showed me that there are multiple ways to paper marble we ve tried shaving cream marbling with much success but i was looking specifically for how to recreate the art of japanese paper marbling at home which involves using water and ink to create vibrant prints. The patterns are the result of color floated on either plain water or a viscous solution known as size and then carefully transferred to an absorbent surface such as paper or fabric. Check out my new video made on valentine s day. Nail polish marbling dries quickly and there s less mess because you don t have to scrape away the shaving cream.

Once you ve finished your design you place a sheet of paper on the surface to transfer the design from the water onto the paper. The ancient art of paper and fabric marbling by galen berry. Either way make sure your craft space is well ventilated. Jemma lewis talked to us about the process of hand marbling paper for our letterpress shakespeare series.

Click on titles below for more information. Nail polish is a little more permanent which makes this a great technique for marbling more than just paper but it may also make this method less ideal for kids. Paper marbling is a method of aqueous surface design which can produce patterns similar to smooth marble or other kinds of stone. The marbling artist can transfer patterns onto the same paper more than once thus layering and deepening the.

All the supplies you need to do your own marbling. Marbling lore has suggested loring that it was discovered when a marbler s assistant who was nursing a hangover and had shaky hands laid the paper into the bath to pull up a finished paper and as a consequence of the unsteady hands pulled a pattern with the linear gradated lines characteristic of this pattern. Through several centuries people have applied marbled materials to a variety of. Marbling supplies and information.

Ebru also known as paper marbling is a turkish art from central asia that dates back to the ottoman empire at the beginning of the 16 th century. It is an art form where you paint directly on the surface of water in a shallow tray. The spanish pattern was created at the beginning of the 17th century.