Jump on the marble trend with these two different techniques for creating a faux stone finish.
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Marbleizing supplies are inexpensive and readily available at art supply and crafts stores.
Marbled paper is still made today and the method is now applied to fabric and three dimensional surfaces as well as paper.
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Next pour liquid starch into a tray and add drops of paint to the starch to create your design.
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Another difference was the process of coating the paper with alum which allowed the paper to be rinsed after and retain its marbled pattern.
Many of these marbling techniques will work fine on other materials as well cardstock cardboard paper plates wood blocks craft sticks ornaments boxes and even easter eggs.
One method uses nail polish to apply a marbleized look to clear glass jars and the other uses alum a kitchen staple and acrylic craft paint.
Then lower your paper into the starch with the alum treated side down.
The ancient art of paper and fabric marbling by galen berry.
Dissolve 2 tablespoons of the alum in 2 cups of warm water.
Early in its history marbled paper was used for important documents.
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To marble paper start by mixing alum and warm water and wiping the solution over your sheet of paper with a sponge.
So no need to limit yourself to paper.
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.
Aside from continued traditional applications artists now explore using the method as a kind of painting technique and as an element in collage in the last two decades marbling has been the subject of international symposia and museum exhibitions.
See a selection of my marbled paper patterns on youtube.
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Nail polish marbling dries quickly and there s less mess because you don t have to scrape away the shaving cream.
Marbling always creates a one of a kind monograph.
You can easily make your own rake for making patterns in your paint by sandwiching toothpicks taped at 1 4 to 1 inch intervals between layers of corrugated cardboard prepare the surface of your paper.
Apply this technique to paper and use it as artwork or upload your design to a fabric printing service.
Easy technique for marbling paper we haven t marbled anything since our marbleized easter eggs so when i signed up to do a marbling activity for the painting challenge fun painting techniques hosted by louise from messy little monster i knew this would be a fun new art technique we could explore and add our own creative touch.
Styluses and combs of all kinds were used to create different effects in the patterns.
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