Marbled paper

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

Tray with colors

Tray with colors, originally uploaded by johnacsyen.

Colors are applied to size using paint brushes.

Brushes

Brushes, originally uploaded by johnacsyen.

Equipment and material for marbling.

Colors

Colors, originally uploaded by johnacsyen.

Equipment and material for marbling. Colors in glass containers

Paints

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

Rake and comb, originally uploaded by johnacsyen.

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

Marbling Equipment

Equipment, originally uploaded by johnacsyen.

Marbled paper swap 2008

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

Marbling demonstration video.



More videos found on youtube.

Redone a notebook cover

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]

[before applying the marbled paper]

[viola, good as new]

[now to put it to use]

Projects you can do with marbling

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

Some samples of my recent work.

[Stone pattern]

[Spanish wave pattern, yellow]

[Spanish wave pattern, red]

[Zebra pattern]

Marbling Session

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

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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