Showing posts with label marbleized paper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marbleized paper. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Marbleized Paper

Last night in Book Arts class we made marbleized paper. It was fun to try various color combinations and designs. The above photo shows a color combination I used without stirring or "design" on brown craft paper. Below are photos of the steps I took and the resulting paper - still quite wet. We filled half the drying racks in the classroom. I look forward to seeing the dry papers next week.





Note: the dark "blob dots" of color are on the bottom of the tray and will not transfer to the paper.



Sunday, February 28, 2010

Book & Paper Arts Class Projects

French link stitch. It's hard to see the stitching because of the design on the ribbon I used. You can click on the photo for a much larger image with a better view of the stitch.



Abecedarium (ABC...Z book) - collaborative accordian pocket book by whole class. We each did 2 or 3 letters of the alphabet and made pages that fit into the pockets. I haven't made the book covers yet...still deciding on design.



I did 3 pages: K, R



and T (two-sided page with removable ticket). Rather fun to make since the pages are 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" - the same as ATCs (artist trading cards).



Long stitch box book (use any box: cake, mac & cheese, playing cards, etc). I used an old Swedish playing cards box. I also did some over-stitching to make it look fancy.


The last group of photos are marbleized paper. I tried various colors and design styles. Unfortunately, I didn't put enough alum on my paper so some of the colors washed off and aren't as vibrant as the paints were. As example, the 2nd photo has some pink color - that was bright red before the rinse stage. Oh well.