All Things Marbling

The Paper Place: The 2nd Great Chiyogami Giveaway

2011-12-11T11:30:00.001+08:00

The generous folks at The Paper Place is having their annual paper giveaway.

Enter the giveaway here

This is where we live: Stop motion animation

2008-12-15T18:04:00.002+08:00

This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.

Lovely stuff.
Enjoy

Marbled paper

2008-08-22T16:02:00.002+08:00

Did a series of blue based marbled paper for a client.

Tray with colors

2008-08-22T01:27:00.001+08:00

Tray with colors, originally uploaded by johnacsyen.

Colors are applied to size using paint brushes.

Brushes

2008-08-22T01:10:00.002+08:00

Brushes, originally uploaded by johnacsyen.

Equipment and material for marbling.

Colors

2008-08-22T01:09:00.002+08:00

Colors, originally uploaded by johnacsyen.

Equipment and material for marbling. Colors in glass containers

Paints

2008-08-22T01:08:00.005+08:00

Paints, originally uploaded by johnacsyen.

Equipment and material for marbling. Student grade "Van Gogh" gouache by Talens.

Winsor and Newton gouache seems to be of better quality. Had some very old W & N and it has not dried out in the tube. Good as on day one.

Rake and comb

2008-08-22T01:08:00.004+08:00

Rake and comb, originally uploaded by johnacsyen.

Equipment and material for marbling. Rakes are widely spaced. Combs have small spacings.

Marbling Equipment

2008-08-22T01:03:00.002+08:00

Equipment, originally uploaded by johnacsyen.

Marbled paper swap 2008

2008-04-24T21:27:00.002+08:00

Marbled paper swap 2008, originally uploaded by johnacsyen.

Sending these papers for the Yahoo marbling group paper swap 2008. These are finding new homes.

Marbling videos on youtube

2008-01-09T20:15:00.001+08:00

Marbling demonstration video.

More videos found on youtube.

Redone a notebook cover

2007-01-06T18:10:00.003+08:00

I have this notebook and the cover is a bit dirty looking. So I thought I redo the cover by pasting over with a new marbled paper.

[before applying the marbled paper]

[viola, good as new]

[now to put it to use]

Projects you can do with marbling

2007-01-03T18:47:00.001+08:00

There must be uses for all these beautiful marbled papers, you may ask?
Well, you could cover your blank journal with the marbled paper.

[Book covered with marbled paper]

Or you could cover your stationeries with the marbled papers. Venetian and Florentine stationery shops carry loads of these items.

[pencil]

Samples of marbled paper

2007-01-03T15:02:00.001+08:00

Some samples of my recent work.

[Stone pattern]

[Spanish wave pattern, yellow]

[Spanish wave pattern, red]

[Zebra pattern]

Marbling Session

2007-01-03T13:19:00.000+08:00

I made some marbled papers together with my son on the last week of year 2006. My son enjoyed the session with me even though he made only a few sheets. I continued to make the rest until the colours ran out.

Then it was time to clean up, urgh, the unexciting necessity.

Will post some images soon.

Introduction

2006-12-08T11:43:00.000+08:00

I am John and I love to do paper marbling and related paper craft such as bookbinding and paste paper.

In coming posts, I will be showcasing my work, techniques, tools and many things regarding this fascinating art.

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