Marbling Instructions Paper

A type of gum seaweed gives the water a degree of viscosity.

Marbling instructions paper.

Each design is as unique as a fingerprint. Hang paper to dry marbleized side up. A tray with the approximate dimensions of the paper to be marbled is filled with this liquid to depth of about six centimeters. Leave these pages for 20 30 min.

Lay the sheet out to dry. Dissolve 4 tablespoons 60 grams of alum in one quart 95 l of warm water. In the alum solution and then line dry. Fill a marbling tray with the alum solu tion and submerge each piece of paper one at a time.

Purchase one of a kind hand marbled paper here. This is one of our all time favorite art activities. Add your watercolor paper down on the water rough end we cut our paper to a size that fit our pan fully submerging to capture all the paint onto the paper. Use this traditional technique to make your own patterned fabric one of a kind wrapping paper greeting cards fine art and more.

Marbling begins first with the dissolving seaweed powder in water seaweed is a white material derived from an ocean plant. Skimming and paint prep 2. Cleaning the tray 5. Swirl the colours with your stir stick blow on the surface with a straw or use a comb to create marble patterns.

Marbling technique videos by lp lpres from album marbling 1. Overmarbling waves 7. Remove the paper as soon as it s flat starting at the corner. Carefully lay sheet of paper on the water but don t submerge it.

Experiment with different types of paper and see which is best for you. As you can tell from our video below the paint dries almost immediately onto the paper. The best easiest and cheapest diy marbled paper is done with shaving cream marbling. Remove and pat dry with a paper towel.

The technique involves floating paints on the surface of a gel like medium known as the marbling size and then transferring this floating design onto paper or fabric.