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Paper Marbling Starter Kit | Tools | Supplies | "Paper Marbling: Patterns and Notes" | TexoPrint Paper |
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Paper Marbling: Patterns and Notes
There are also sections on recommended reading, the process outline and recipes. Does not include paint information. |
$4.00 / each Note: This booklet is meant as a quick reference, not for learning how to marble. Marbling knowledge is available from many books. |
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Starter Marbling Tool Kit
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Plastic Broom Straw Wrap a rubber band around a few of these plastic broom straws and use them as a whisk for laying paints onto your size. Each bundle is enough to make 10 to 20 whisks. $4.00 / bundle |
 Plastic whisks last for years and don't break into pieces and then fall into your tray. They won't get waterlogged and limp, you can wash them out and use them over and over. We recommend making one whisk for each color you will be using. |
| Our tools fit a standard-size (11½" x 17¼") baking sheet or cookie tray, which can then be used as a marbling tray to hold the size. My favorite tray is a clear plastic 11" x 14" box picture frame. I get mine from Michael's. | |
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Fine Tooth Comb Used for making the nonpareil pattern, and used as a preliminary step for making bouquet, feather, bird wing, etc. Five teeth per inch. $9.00 |
This is the standard spacing for a traditional nonpareil pattern. If you are only buying one comb, this is the one.
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Wide Tooth Comb Used for making a slightly wider-spaced nonpareil pattern, and is especially useful for up-and-down combing (chevron). Four teeth per inch. $9.00 |
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Single Rake Nails spaced at 2". Used alone or in addition with a comb, for making wide patterns such as the French curl, feather, and birdwing. The rake is usually used lengthwise in the tray, so it is longer than the other tools. $3.00 |
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Double Rake Nails spaced in 1½" triangle patterns. Used alone or in addition to the comb, for the bouquet, peacock, and thistle patterns. $5.00 |
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Wood Tray
Scraper Used to skim the excess paint from the surface of the size between prints. $1.00 |
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Carrageenan,
1/2 lb. Size, makes water heavier than paint so that paints will float. A seaweed derivative. Mix in blender with water. Use about 1 T. per 1/2 gallon of water and refrigerate overnight. $22.00 / 1/2 lb. |
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Alum,
1/2 lb. A powdered mordant, makes paint adhere to paper. Mix with water. $5.00 / 1/2 lb. |
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Marbling
Gall,
2 oz. Surfactant, made from the bile of a cow or ox (ew!), enables paint to resist surface tension. Add 1 or 2 drops to paints if they fall to the bottom of the marbling tray rather than spreading over the surface of the size. $5.00 / 2 oz. |
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| Marbling Paper |
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TexoPrint Paper This is Master Marbler Galen Berry's (and Christine Cox's) favorite paper for marbling. It has a soft, fabric-y drape and lays beautifully into the size. It's a very durable 55-lb. white paper with a slight latex content, which makes it excellent for marbling. It dries out flat (if you've ever marbled paper before, you'll appreciate this) and is great for bookbinding. Approximately 9-1/2" X 12-1/2" |
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$3.50 / 10 pc. $8.75 / 25 pc. $30.00 / 100 pc. |