Hi all you marbeles people! I`m hereby introducing myself: i`m 27 years of age and beeing a bookbinder by profession I use marbled paper for endpapers, covers ...
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J Dolphin
jdolphin@...
Sep 2, 2000 9:38 pm
Hi Hans! You will get good info here--and while you are at it--check through the archives for this list--you will pick up a ton of info there, too. Jill ... ...
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D. Guffey
dguff@...
Sep 3, 2000 1:05 am
Hi Hans, I marbled with oils for about 7 years before I discovered acrylics. I used sodium alginate for the size and found I could do traditional marbling ...
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irisnevins
irisnevins@...
Sep 3, 2000 1:30 am
How does the sodium alginate compare in end results to carrageenan? How long does it keep? Boy, do I remember the days of boiling and straining! As if marbling...
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D. Guffey
dguff@...
Sep 3, 2000 4:19 am
... I would only do a day's worth of marbling on the sodium alginate...it would start to break down after about 50 sheets. I have no idea as to the cost ...
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irisnevins
irisnevins@...
Sep 3, 2000 11:54 am
Thanks for the info on the Sodium Alginate. I will skip it! These lists are great to fill each other in on what is not worth bothering trying! I really trust...
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Jake Benson
jemiljan@...
Sep 3, 2000 4:43 pm
I think that Ann Chambers recommended using Ethulose (A cellulose ether that has NOT been methylated to make it more soluble) instead of Methyl Cellulose in...
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Jake Benson
jemiljan@...
Sep 3, 2000 4:46 pm
Iran .... Iran .... Iran Online Museum of Art...
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Jake Benson
jemiljan@...
Sep 3, 2000 4:51 pm
I sent off the previous note with no message attached! Sorry about that. I was delighted to find some contemporary Iranian calligraphic works featuring ...
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iris nevins
irisnevins@...
Sep 3, 2000 5:57 pm
Agreed, oils are a mess, and very few people work successfully with them as far as achieving beautiful papers. Kay Radcliffe is an expert with them, wonderful...
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Laura
labb@...
Sep 3, 2000 9:37 pm
Dear Jake, Thank you so much for taking the time to send that piece of Iranian art!!! How gorgeous! I might never have an opportunity to come across a work...
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Jake Benson
jemiljan@...
Sep 4, 2000 3:43 pm
Interesting, while I sent the image of Iranian calligraphy, I recieved the posting today saying "not in displayable format" Is that because I have a Mac? Can...
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J Dolphin
jdolphin@...
Sep 4, 2000 4:59 pm
Could be--It wouldn't open on my machine initially--then it did.........little mysteries! Jill ... From: "Jake Benson" <jemiljan@...> To:...
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Hans Y. Olsen
han-ols@...
Sep 4, 2000 9:05 pm
Thank you all for expanding my kowledge on oil-marbling! I have spendt tyhe last two days breating in the fumes from turpentine and cleaning paint from brushes...
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mtdatpw@...
Sep 4, 2000 10:58 pm
Can some of you tell me where I can get the least expensive carrageenan? I really prefer using it but am always frightened at the price. Also are there grades...
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Lesley
Lesley@...
Sep 5, 2000 5:46 pm
Hello all! I am a complete newbie to marbling, but would like to learn how to do it in order to make hand-made book covers. I am a calligrapher and love making...
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irisnevins
irisnevins@...
Sep 5, 2000 8:52 pm
There are English marblers who use carrageenan..... Sarah Amatt and Kate Davis (in Scotland) come to mind...try contacting Falkiner's Fine papers in London,...
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J Dolphin
jdolphin@...
Sep 6, 2000 2:29 am
Welcome to the list--and here's hoping readers can offer you some suggestions to get you going for marbling over in the UK. Jill ... From: "Lesley"...
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Deirdre Thompson
deirdre_bookbindings@...
Sep 6, 2000 4:20 pm
hello everyone, I don't know how many of this group are in the UK, but we have problems in getting materials. I have used carragheen moss for a bath, in both...
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Susa Glenn
sglenn@...
Sep 8, 2000 1:13 pm
Hi everybody, I'm trying to marble on colored fabric with acrylic paint. Does anyone have any pointers on how to achieve strong unmuddy reds? Should I be using...
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IrisNevins
irisnevins@...
Sep 8, 2000 1:20 pm
Yes.....add white to it to make it a little more opaque....not enough to make pink. And use it as your first color so when the other colors are added they will...
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Susa Glenn
sglenn@...
Sep 8, 2000 2:42 pm
Thanks, Iris. Back to the laboratory.... Susa ... enough to ... are ... dense. ... general ... life of ... times I ... of the...
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D. Guffey
dguff@...
Sep 8, 2000 11:36 pm
Hi Susa, I have to agree with Iris that red is the most difficult color to deal with, especially to get a true red that doesn't turn "orangey." When I was ...
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Susa Glenn
sglenn@...
Sep 9, 2000 10:03 pm
Hey, Iris & all, I got the red to work!!!!!!! You know, this can really be a lot of fun if you have some successes once in a while. I'm so happy! My long ...
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Laura Sims
indigostone@...
Sep 10, 2000 10:33 pm
Susa, Congratulations on getting the red to work. If you want to try one more variation to the Nevins/Duffey suggestions use red fabric and add a surfactant...
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J Dolphin
jdolphin@...
Sep 11, 2000 11:04 am
Bear with me folks--it is time I did a little maintenance with the marbling list. I want to build a database in it--for ALL the professional marblers here on...
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irisnevins
irisnevins@...
Sep 11, 2000 12:13 pm
Hi Jill.... I'm assuming we just reply to this e-mail....? Iris Nevins Decorative Papers P.O.Box 429 Johnsonburg NJ 07846 908-813-8617, fax- 908-813-3431 ...
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J Dolphin
jdolphin@...
Sep 11, 2000 1:00 pm
Thanks Iris! I will muddle and clunk my way through the set- up of the database--and hope i don't make any typoes! Jill ... From: "irisnevins"...
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ahmet.saral@...
Sep 12, 2000 8:24 pm
Hi everybody, My name is Ahmet Saral.I'm a Turkish marbler ,long years I lived in Istanbul and now I live in Vienna ,Austria.I have a new exhibition here from...
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J Dolphin
jdolphin@...
Sep 13, 2000 1:09 am
Wonderful! Welcome aboard! Jill ... From: <ahmet.saral@...> To: <Marbling@egroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 4:19 PM Subject: [Marbling] new...
