Customer Reviews

Marbling: A Complete Guide to Creating Beautiful Patterned Papers and Fabrics

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Marbling--once called "cloud painting" is enjoying a renaissance, both as a craft and as a decorating concept. This ancient art of floating colors on liquid, patterning thema nd picking upt he image on paper or fabric can now be easily done at home. This beautiful, all-inclusive guide to marbling includes: step-by-step instructions for suminagashi, oil-color marbling, and watercolor marbling; detailed directions for creating twenty classic marbling patterns, including Nonpareil, Cascade, French Curl and Scallop; more than sixty full color examples of marbled papers and fabrics.

The Maurers are marbling artists, she in watercolor and acrylics, he in oils.

Diane Maurer uses linear left brain thinking to clearly explain the process underlying the right brain creative endeavor of marbling. Numerous color images accompanied by step-by-step drawn illustrations (repeated for each pattern) make learning marbling technique while experimenting with one's own inventions uncomplicated.

Directions for making equipment, marbling tray, drain board, wood rakes, bouquet combs, are based on easily obtained household items (T pins, foam, glue). This world class artistic team collaborates with other artists who work on fabric.

One chapter is devoted to projects to make from marbled papers, with introductory techniques on bookbinding Masters: Book Arts: Major Works by Leading Artists, Cover To Cover: Creative Techniques For Making Beautiful Books, Journals & Albums basic bookbinding, The Decorated Page: Journals, Scrapbooks & Albums Made Simply Beautiful, The Decorated Journal: Creating Beautifully Expressive Journal Pages, The Penland Book of Handmade Books: Master Classes in Bookmaking Techniques, Bookbinding for Book Artists

For such a short and easily consumed volume, Marbling contains inspiring visuals, instructive graphics, broad technique offerings, as well as craft suggestions. Highly recommended.