Marbling Paper Ink

Set aside on top of your parchment paper or newspaper to dry.

Marbling paper ink.

Oil based inks in a tank of water being prepared for marbling. 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. You could also use copic marker refill. I used a heavy watercolor stock for my paper but i think you could get away with a nice cardstock.

A shallow tray is filled with water and various kinds of ink or paint colors are carefully applied to the surface with an ink brush. It may seem straightforward until you consider buoyancy and other variables in the mix. Today you can make your own rich designs by marbleizing paper to use as stationery and cards. Save money by making your own mableizing ink.

Marbling is achieved by floating pigment on water and laying paper over the water to transfer the pigment design onto the paper. Marbleizing which involves using absorbent papers to pick up ink from a water bath dates to the twelfth century when it was practiced in japan and possibly china. Beautiful hand marbleized paper is often used in bookmaking or other paper crafts. In the beginning of my video i show many examples of alcohol ink marbling.

Remove and pat dry with a paper towel. As you can tell from our video below the paint dries almost immediately onto the paper. Various additives or surfactant chemicals are used to help float the colors. There are several methods for making marbled papers.

The marbling pigments sold by most arts and crafts suppliers can be quite expensive and are not always readily available. I filled a shallow bowl with water and dropped in 3 4 drops of 3 4 different colors of ranger alcohol inks. Method 1 water marbling all you need for this technique are some alcohol inks paper a tray and water. During a special process.

My experience was certainly a comedy of trials and errors but after a bit of experimenting i hit my marbling sweet spot. These innovative marbling inks are not ordinary dyes. Fill your tray with about 1 2 1 inch of water.