Marbling Paper Ink

It may seem straightforward until you consider buoyancy and other variables in the mix.

Marbling paper ink.

The marbling pigments sold by most arts and crafts suppliers can be quite expensive and are not always readily available. Method 1 water marbling all you need for this technique are some alcohol inks paper a tray and water. The technique is quite easy. They are pigment inks made of high grade cosmetic pigment with p v a.

Add your watercolor paper down on the water rough end we cut our paper to a size that fit our pan fully submerging to capture all the paint onto the paper. Save money by making your own mableizing ink. Marbleizing which involves using absorbent papers to pick up ink from a water bath dates to the twelfth century when it was practiced in japan and possibly china. Marbling is achieved by floating pigment on water and laying paper over the water to transfer the pigment design onto the paper.

As you can tell from our video below the paint dries almost immediately onto the paper. This package contains six marbling colour inks in 12ml tubes orange red yellow green blue and black. Various additives or surfactant chemicals are used to help float the colors. Fill your tray with about 1 2 1 inch of water.

You could also use copic marker refill. In the beginning of my video i show many examples of alcohol ink marbling. I used a heavy watercolor stock for my paper but i think you could get away with a nice cardstock. I filled a shallow bowl with water and dropped in 3 4 drops of 3 4 different colors of ranger alcohol inks.

There are several methods for making marbled papers. Beautiful hand marbleized paper is often used in bookmaking or other paper crafts. Oil based inks in a tank of water being prepared for marbling. These innovative marbling inks are not ordinary dyes.

My experience was certainly a comedy of trials and errors but after a bit of experimenting i hit my marbling sweet spot. Today you can make your own rich designs by marbleizing paper to use as stationery and cards. Set aside on top of your parchment paper or newspaper to dry.