Marbled Antique Paper

Add 2 tablespoons of alum and mix well.

Marbled antique paper.

How to make marbled paper. Next prepare the water bath. Fill a spray bottle with warm water. First prep your paper.

It is often employed as a writing surface for calligraphy and especially book covers and end. Well you re in luck because here they come. The most common antique marbled paper material is metal. Marbled mulberry momi paper in assorted colors for arts crafts and scrapbooking 10 sheets of 8 5 x 11 paper.

Lay flat to dry. Through several centuries people have applied marbled materials to a variety of surfaces. Paper marbling is a method of aqueous surface design which can produce patterns similar to smooth marble or other kinds of stone. Make sure to mark the side that you sprayed because it can be hard to tell once it s dried.

Then a final color usually black is mixed w kreolin lime water potash solution is thrown onto the bath. The most popular color. Marbled paper tiger pattern. The patterns are the result of color floated on either plain water or a viscous solution known as size and then carefully transferred to an absorbent surface such as paper or fabric.

Let the mixture cool and spray a thin layer onto your cotton paper. According to miura this pattern is created by dropping 2 or 3 colors onto the bath.