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will it marble?

  • paper
    • handmade papers
    • washi
  • not paper

investigating some common and uncommon marbled materials – suggestions welcome!

well it marble? ⭕️ = yes / ❌ = not really / 🤷‍♀ = kind of

when only the product ID is known, or the product's name is generic, the store purchased from is in brackets. paper colors are not differentiated unless there's a reason to.

paper

  • hahnemüle ingre ⭕️
  • anchor basis ⭕ (very good in darker colors like grey)
  • stonehenge kraft paper ⭕️ (curls quite heavily, but can be ironed out)
  • mi-tientes ⭕️
  • paper from an old chinese book ⭕ (best to apply konnyaku for strength, first)
  • somerset book 175gsm ⭕️
  • somerset book 115gsm ⭕️
  • nideggen ⭕️
  • sirio ultra ⭕️
  • stonehenge lw ⭕️
  • arches text wove ⭕️
  • domestic etching ⭕️
  • st. armand hemp ⭕️
  • st. armand sisal ⭕️
  • schmedt vorsatzpapier ⭕️
  • arturo 🤷‍♀ (can take some practice to place without air bubbles)

handmade papers

some work, some don't. it tends to be quite easy to get air bubbles due to the stiffness. my own handmade paper says more about who made it (only me, at MCBA vs. with help from jim croft at old ways 2022).

  • old ways 2022 ⭕
  • atelier ailles ⭕
  • de schoolmeester 🤷‍♀ (depending on the thickness, it might work, but it is generally very stiff handmade paper)
  • st. armand ❌ (hard to avoid bubbles due to the non-flat drying, but the colors can really pop on the white)
  • vinczemill ❌
  • MCBA western papermaking class ❌
  • MCBA japanese papermaking class ❌

washi

  • tengucho 9g ⭕ (works best if a dry section is left out of the tank so there is an easily-grabbed stiff part of the paper to lift with. additionally, alum right before putting in tray.)
  • kyoseishi [hiromi paper] ⭕
  • the paper small desserts are placed on ⭕
  • TN2751 [wet paint] (thai kozo) 🤷 (fibers tended to bunch when aluming)
  • KH-62N [hiromi paper] 🤷
  • hanaduri hanji notebook paper 🤷

not paper

  • icelandic poppy ⭕️
  • balls of pulp - kozo / abaca ⭕️
  • yupo ⭕ (alum it, let it dry, and then alum again, h/t Barbara Hodgson)
  • a marbling comb ⭕ (not really recommended, but doesn't need alum to mark up your tools!)
  • bookcloth 🤷 (does marble, but gets really curly - can it be ironed out? yes, sort of)
  • legion cork paper ❌ (some curl dramaticallly – best to just use with the wood texture, rather than marble it)
  • crash/super ❌

last updated: 2024-07-22 22:15:50