Hello everyone, I just wanted to thank and congratulate the group owners for starting this wonderful list. When checking the web site I noticed that there are...
Oops! I made a very bad mistake, saying that I use repositioning spray for handmade papers! That would make a terrible mess. I meant to say an artists'...
*Please forgive any cross-posting of the following announcement* Gardens of the Imagination: Traditions of Paper Marbling in Asia and the Islamic World A free...
Hi flowers, Can you get sumi ink? I've tried Pelikan and it worked, sometimes, but sumi was the most consistent for me. Also, if your ink is sinking, you may...
Hi, My name is flowers, or at least thats what I go by online and off. No, my mom didn't name me flowers, my sons named me flowergurl4eva, because of my...
I put together a presentation on the history of marbling a few years ago and most of my information came from Ink & Gall magazine (sigh, miss it so much) and...
Tomas, There is no one single book that is really "up to date", as various people are still continually exploring evidence from different regions. Our recent...
to all marblers. I am trying to get general information on marbling history in order to make a lecture on marbling. I have books by patty schlicker and...
Hello fellow paper decorators, Some years back we had much discussion about marbling handmade papers, with much input from Jake Benson and Tom Leech. After...
Dear Joan - A local art supply store here in Santa Fe is closing it's doors and had a sale on papers.I just bought some Indian handmades to try to figure out...
A local art supply store here in Santa Fe is closing it's doors >> which one please? Not The Artisan, I hope! I'll be making a trip there the end of...
Hello everyone, I have posted an extra copy of Antika Magazine up for auction on eBay. The issue is Number 14, May 1986 and it features an article on Turkish...
Greetings everyone, I wanted to let all of you know that at new book has been issued that contains some very interesting infomration and images relative to ...
Roycroft Book-Arts Weekend When: Friday - Sunday Oct 14 - 16, 2005 Where: Roycroft Campus Coppershop South Grove at Main Street East Aurora NY About: The...
Dear marblers, as I am slowly working through the notes I made during my visit in the Olga Hirsch Collection, here is something I wrote down for those among...
Hi Melinda, Yes, I've used pipettes (the small plastic ones available from John Neal) with much success. They are especially useful for putting consecutive...
Has anyone tried using syringes or pipettes insted of droppers to disperse the color? I want to try to be more accurate but i wonder if the pigments will block...
Greetings everyone, Here are a two of the more unusual items featuring marbled papers coming up at auction at Christie' later this month. Be sure to cut and ...
Greetings everyone, Peggy Skycraft will be presenting tat the coming Guild of bookworkers standards sesssion in Portland Oregon, Oct 26-30th for more info,...
Dear Fellow List members, Please excuse any cross -posting of this message. If you can think of anyone in the DC area who would be interested in this lecture,...
All your ideas are great and I am going to give it all some time and thought and will probably get back to you with my further ideas. I will contact people off...
I do antique book restoration and make my own marbled endpapers and board papers for the books that I rebind. I have seen advertised in Archival catalogs hand...
Dear Laura, What you are doing is something that I think the rest of us could learn a bit from. Teaching marbling specifically targeting people with ...
Hello all, I found this very interesting link .... a kind of report of hippie marbling....with many pictures and a 5 minutes video from early 70! It's seem to...
Laura - if you really and truely are ready to go ahead with a craft that is back breaking even for persons without crutches, here are more names for you: In...
Laura, Anne Chambers published "The Principal Antique Patterns of Marbled Papers" in 1984. At that time there were only 250 copies printed, all with samples...
... well, tell me your secret please......how on earth can you marble with such physical limitation? I have lost three disks already and have the most trouble ...
Dear everyone I am writing for some advice and inspiration please! I am based in London in the UK and have been teaching myself marbling for the past 5 years...
Hi all, I was wondering whether you could advise me on sth. A publishing house has asked me to give them permission to reprint five examples of my work in a...
