Marbling With Starch

You most likely have all the ingredients right at home you need for this marbling technique.

Marbling with starch.

Varying the order in which the colors are dropped may affect how they expand. Fyi i used it as a reference on a recent paper marbling tutorial i. Then lower your paper into the starch with the alum treated side down. Pour 2 cups of liquid starch in the pan then add 1 2 tsp alum stirring until mixed.

You will want to continue with the same or similar colors. How to make marbleized paper. I continue marbling fabric until the starch solution is no longer deep enough to support paint. Starch can last for months.

Liquid starch is a much more dense liquid and will often allow for the paint to sit at the top allowing for you to dip an item into it for marbling. The science behind the fun. Marble in cool low moisture environments for best results. Add more paint and continue to marble more fabric.

Water molecules like to stick together a property which scientists call surface tension. You will also need to add textile medium to the acrylic paint solution. To marble paper start by mixing alum and warm water and wiping the solution over your sheet of paper with a sponge. One pan of starch will yield numerous pieces of fabric.

Next pour liquid starch into a tray and add drops of paint to the starch to create your design. Wood for even coverage and true color it s best to base coat un finished wood surfaces with white acrylic paint and allow plenty of time to dry before marbling. We tried two methods. This post even has.

Paper marbling with liquid starch. Some paint will sink to the bottom do not worry. Paper marbling with shaving cream from handmade kids art. See recipe to make homemade liquid starch above.

We used liquid starch and acrylic paints to marble our own paper. Marble fabric when dry. One with liquid starch made from cornstarch and tempera paint and another with a marbling kit. The starch should be 1 to 2 inches deep in your pan.

Both worked well but look very different. Some colors work others don t. Drop paint one color on top of another consecutively. Drop paint then create lines with a stylus.

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