Marbling: Creating Beautiful Patterned Papers & Fabrics

by Diane Vogel Maurer

For aficionados for Marbling or "cloud painting" a craft technique of decorative creativity. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 051702019X
• ISBN13: 9780517020197
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Gramercy Books
• Length: 119 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.3" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

Build own equipment, experiment, be inspired, bookbind

The Maurers are marbling artists, she in watercolor and acrylics, he in oils. Diane Maurer has used 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. For such a short and easily consumed volume, this contains inspiring visuals, instructive graphics, broad technique offerings, as well as craft suggestions. Highly recommended.

Marbling

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.