Best Paper To Use For Marbling

Although we are familiar with marbling techniques from our own knowledge and from our artists suminagashi is one we don t get asked about often.

Best paper to use for marbling.

Shallow baking dish such as a pie plate. It s ideal for paints soaking or marbling paper or as a base for clay projects. Dissolve 2 tablespoons of the alum in 2 cups of warm water. Even ironing out the dried paper before marbling will not remove all of the wrinkles and they will keep you from getting a smooth transfer of the floating pigments onto the paper.

Classic crest crane s lettra stonehenge. The curved edges are also great for keeping beads and puzzle pieces contained. Colored paper is also a good choice because it already has a nice background hue before adding your marbled design. From our research there s no definitive paper that is strictly recommended for this technique.

Marbleizing supplies are inexpensive and readily available at art supply and crafts stores. I think using regular craft acrylic paint is just fine for most marbling projects. If you are looking to do acrylic paint pouring this folkart marbling paint pour set is a favorite. Shaving foam not cream this is important liquid watercolour paint or watered down food colouring.

We also tried using watercolor and traditional japanese marbling paper made of mulberry fibers but we found that the japanese paper tore easily and was too thin. However if you really are looking for a marbling paint i have heard good things about this bo kuundo marbling paper origami marbling kit. Watercolor pape r was the perfect thickness and absorbed the inks beautifully. It is an 80lb text ph neutral 25 cotton paper of high quality free of any buffering agents.

Alum find it in the spice aisle at the grocery store blank paper thick uncoated paper works best acrylic paint in at least two colors. Scraper such as a square piece of cardboard. Originally purposed as an interleaving and envelope paper for archival purposes we have since discovered its relevance ideal characteristics suited for the marbling industry. Use this heavy duty white plastic tray to keep paints and craft projects under control.

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.