The last few times I've marbled, my size becomes contaminated about my fifth scarf into a session. It leaves bumpy, blank spots in the pattern and makes it...
Thanks gail...just keep in mind the watercolor won't work on a bath that's had acrylic in it. Also best on carrageenan....don't worry about it if it's a...
I am once again connected to this dialogue. I had been connected to ListOne, but got discouraged with the time it took to sort through things to find items of...
Hi, All, I know that when I studied with Milena, she emphasized the importance of thorough skimming after printing. We worked mostly with paper and some...
This week-end, I've sent out my Art Newsletter Nr.2 to my artists friends and so on. Hereafter is the text. If you are interested and want to receive the...
Now this is exciting - is it really the oil paint that soakes through the paper? Is it not rather the oil soaking through, and the oily smudge looks like...
I marbled with oil paint from 1976 to 1984 (not being aware of the acrylic option, having learned marbling from someone who only marbled in oils). The reason...
Hi,everybody, I am pasting a web page address here that will take you to a collection of machine made fabrics that are all (for the most part) marbled designs...
To all of you who participated in the 2003 international "Water Works" marbling exhibition: I have donated a set of slides and a CD to Columbia College Chicago...
I am a fabric marbler and needed to ask your expert advice. I purchased some pickling alum from a Mennonite grocery store and I was wondering if there is any...
Potassium aluminum sulfate is relatively inexpensive. 5 lb. of alum from Pro Chem lasts quite a while. I order 5 lb or by the pound when I'm ordering other...
Greetings Marbling friends, I haven't checked the site in awhile and it seems alot is changing-- Laura is moving, Susa has a new address, Marie has a new...
Over the week-end, I had the opportunity to go to the Ottawa antiquarian book fair. To my delight, Lucie Lapierre was there with a stall of her papers. Between...
Hello out there in cyberspace from here in northwestern Pennsylvania! I thought I'd join the group for what I can learn and what I can add. I'm a self-taught...
Satin is not a fabric, it is a type of weave. Silk satin is quite luxurious. Silk Charmeuse of a slightly different satin weave and is more supple than silk...
Hello Everyone, Since I am moving Dec.4 I wanted to relay my 2004 teaching schedule before the computer is boxed. Jan. 25-31, "Color Explosion: Dyeing Fabrics...
A question and a comment: has anyone found inexpensive paper, as in $.20 a sheet, that is working for marbling? I had used Borden and Riley #10 penny sketch...
Hello, Is paper marbling a thread right now or is it the main focus of the list. I am a rank amateur dabbling in fabric marbling and was hoping this list...
Greetings, Sound the trumpets, ring the bells!!! The slide sets and CDs from the IMG 2002 Waterworks Exhibition were mailed Priority today. Those who ordered...
Karli Frigge from The Netherlands does the finest and most beautiful patterns with her normal pigments on ordinary thin bookbinder's cloth, and I use my wooden...
Oak Knoll Press announces a special pre holiday sale. For a limited time we are offering a selection of our new books at 50% off retail. The sale lasts only...
re.: "Never mix paints! esp. rakes and combs. if the tray is well cleaned it is usually ok." I have heeded this advice, and I have never tried using tools...
This for Jake Benson. I told someone at GBW that I had enough marbled paper for one of his projects. I knew I had one of your nice big sheets of nonpariel red....
Just wondered why the gelatin size if not for polishing? Are you using as a fixative of sorts, and do you do it after the paper is dried and flat again, or...
Technical gelatine is useful for sizing as well as for polishing. The difference lies in the concentration and in the procedure. Gelatined surfaces (that's...
Test #1 for today......Ingres and no alum, pretty OK, without condensed veins....they run. 46% humidity 65 dregrees F. Ingres with alum......yummy.....feels...
I cannot find any ox gall suitable for marbling in Wellington New Zealand. I seem to be able to only locate "refined" and my research says this is not...
