Traditional Marbling Patterns

Sometimes called the snail pattern.

Traditional marbling patterns.

Through several centuries people have applied marbled materials to a variety of surfaces. The patterns are the result of color floated on either plain water or a viscous solution known as size and then carefully transferred to an absorbent surface such as paper or fabric. Turkish or stone marbling. It s not one of the easiest to learn though.

The shapes in this pattern look like feathers. Handmade marbled paper art on water papers are hand marbled with traditional marbling tools. These samplings are only meant to be a guideline and to show some basic traditional marbling patterns. Combed or nonpariel 12.

This is a very standard pattern it is the base from which all others derive. Turkey and persia 1. They can be made in any other color theme you wish. Using a comb in one direction after the gel git gives you the traditional non pareil pattern that most think of with marbling.

See more ideas about hand marbled paper marble paper ebru art. You will need some tools such as wooden sticks to create. Known as marbling the designs and effects include flowers foliage ornamentation latticework mosques and moons and are used for decoration in the traditional art of bookbinding. We also discussed the challenges of researching and learning historical paper marbling patterns since there is no single agreed upon lexicon for describing the patterns.

Brian mixed up two bath solutions for us one boiled from irish moss carrageenan in the traditional method and the other a more modern version mixed from commercially. A traditional pattern often seen in old bookbindings this one has been around for centuries. They are excellent for bookbinding grain long collage origami scrap booking and other paper crafts. Jan 6 2019 hand marbled paper and fabric.

With room to paste a sample of your work for each main pattern you ll then progress into 30 more advanced patterns. Beginning with the four foundational patterns stone chevron getgel and nonpareil heather s step by step photo illustrated instructions will show you everything you need to know to accomplish every design. Fancy combed across 9. Peacock or bouquet pattern.

Paper marbling is a method of aqueous surface design which can produce patterns similar to smooth marble or other kinds of stone. Some other techniques to try create negative areas in the design by placing soapy water or small droplets of synthetic gall on the surface with an eye dropper or by sprinkling it on. The featured pattern is called the feather pattern. The peacock is the most popular and famous pattern in marbling.