Hej Søren, det er ikke Gustavmarmor, Gustavmarmor er den med spætternes rænder i kontrastfarver– or in English: that's not Gustavmarmor, Gustavmarmor is...
Hej Susanne, Du har helt ret! Det er ikke Gustavmarmor, men agatmarmor? Thanks, you are right. It is not Gustavmarmor, but "Agatmarmor"? It is also a thin...
I did this once with Jan Sabota. We mixed homemade beer with the second color. Drank some of it too. Cris Clair Takacs Membership, GBW 112 Park Avenue, Chardon...
Dear Members, I discovered some beautiful Turkish marbling at the following link. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/abdullahteke/sets/72157594382990587/> Enjoy. ...
Dear Members, Below are playlists of marbling videos on youtube that I have compiled. These playlist are updated whenever new videos are discovered. New ...
Nick: For real animal glue, go look at the place where restorers buy their materials. They are lost without glue. But take care! There are two kinds of animal...
Thanks so much John! This is really great! This format has really explodes, but I hope it will continue to expand and improve as time goes on. Jake Benson...
Hi All, I've added a new folder to the files section entitled "Historical Marbling Accounts". It contains the text for the Diderot plates in French. I'll be...
Would anyone on this know know anything about this forthcoming publication? It appears to be a multi- media package; with text in Chinese, English, French,...
This question has surfaced from customers at the gallery. I am not sure of the answer & am hoping from expertise in the forum. When beginning with acid-free...
A little acid goes back on at least with watercolor marbling that uses alum. The side that is not marbled should still be acid free, that is the side that gets...
Hello: Does anyone know how I'm suppose to warm up my size? My colors expand and then immediately contract and also my end product has these white jagged spots...
It could be that your size is too thick? How are you making it? What are you using for paint, it could be the paints too. You may need more dispersants. If you...
Alum is an alkali, so that would mean that your marbled paper would be an excellent buffer for any acid environments (ie: leather binding) and hence be...
Hi Susanne, How do you incorporate beeswax into the paints? Do you mean that it is added to the paints before marbling? One is highly hydrophobic while the...
They did used to grind it into the paint formula. I never tried it. If I want a glaze I run a bar of paraffin (from the supermarket canning aisle, or with the...
Dear Katherine, You are right that Alum used in leather makes it very durable, but it is not the same with paper. The contains of Aluminiumsulphate,...
The old papers from 100 years ago were themselves very acidic, and they often did NOT use alum! At least there is barely any reference to its use as a mordant....
Much of the problem with the deterioration of paper in the past 150 years can be attributed to manufacturing issues. Wood pulp replaced cotton and linen as...
Thank you so much for your input. I will try each thing you suggest and let you the results. I have clean my size (it was fairly new...I only used it twice...
Plastic is always better than wood in my opinion. Maybe some of the acrylic marblers here can advise on the paints out there and how they diulte them or use...
Hello Everyone, Don Guyot wrote a two-part article in Ink & Gall: Guyot, Don. A "Alum and its Use in Paper Marbling. Part 1. Historical Material." Ink & Gall....
thanks for this refresher course! Iris nevins ... From: Jake Benson<mailto:jemiljan@...> To: Marbling@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Marbling@yahoogroups.com> ...
Lokman, For marbling, straight beeswax was never added to marbling pints in Europe and the US. It was prepared first by melting it together with pure soap,...
Hi, sorry for the late reply, but there is only so much you can squeeze into a day. Warming carragheenan size: Here is Ole Lundberg's recipe: just put your...
Thanks Suzanne....with my method I actually do get close to the pre-machine shine, say 1850 and earlier. My agates are not made for bookbinding. They are more...
Hi: I'm just beginning to use Golden Fluid Acrylic and like the results alot ...IF...they were consistent. Does anyone use them and know if you mix both water...
WOW! What a lot of info. So I should immerse my hands and arms into the size (for how long) and this will do the trick of warming? Is this for real? Thanks, ...
