The Whole Art Of Marbling

The combs produced here can be made very fine indeed and are of a superior class.

The whole art of marbling.

Marbling acrylic onto paper or cloth to create beau. As demand grew marbling guilds became established each with their own patterns and secret formulas. Marbler charles woolnough gave us in his book the whole art of marbling a method of making combs. The whole art of marbling as applied to paper book edges etc paperback may 15 2019 by c.

The whole art of marbling as applied to paper book edges etc. Bell 1881 illustrated book metropolitan museum of art united kingdom books london 1881. Woolnough author debra tremper editor 5 0 out of 5 stars 2 ratings. In this beautiful process droplets of oil are float.

Accession number 217 08 w881 addeddate 2014 02 28 08 25 25 culture london g. Woolnough british perhaps the most important book on british marbling the whole art of marbling provides a detailed account of the methods and materials of the craft of marbling and gives instructions for making approximately thirty traditional and modern patterns. Through several centuries people have applied marbled materials to a variety of. Reprint of the second enlarged edition.

The whole art of marbling as applied to paper bookedges etc. Containing a full description of the nature and properties of the materials used the method of preparing them and of executing every kind of marbling in use at the present time with numerous illustrations and examples. To make the combs you must take a piece of paper as long as you intend to make the comb and enogh needles to make the comb 2 needles per. The whole art of marbling as applied to paper book edges etc.

Paper marbling is a method of aqueous surface design which can produce patterns similar to smooth marble or other kinds of stone. The whole art of marbling as applied to paper book edges etc. Which brings us to today where the art of marbling is seemingly without limits in accessibility and imagination. Jemma lewis talked to us about the process of hand marbling paper for our letterpress shakespeare series.

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. Karen flickr book of hours use of rome marbled paper walters manuscript w 183 lower board inside.