The Whole Art Of Marbling

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The whole art of marbling.

Jemma lewis talked to us about the process of hand marbling paper for our letterpress shakespeare series. Marbler charles woolnough gave us in his book the whole art of marbling a method of making combs. Karen flickr book of hours use of rome marbled paper walters manuscript w 183 lower board inside. The whole art of marbling as applied to paper book edges etc.

The whole art of marbling as applied to paper book edges etc paperback may 15 2019 by c. Reprint of the second enlarged edition. Walters art museum flickr. Woolnough author debra tremper editor 5 0 out of 5 stars 2 ratings.

Through several centuries people have applied marbled materials to a variety of. Woolnough british perhaps the most important book on british marbling the whole art of marbling provides a detailed account of the methods and materials of the craft of marbling and gives instructions for making approximately thirty traditional and modern patterns. To make the combs you must take a piece of paper as long as you intend to make the comb and enogh needles to make the comb 2 needles per. The whole art of marbling as applied to paper book edges etc.

The patterns are the result of color floated on either plain water or a viscous solution known as size and then carefully transferred to an absorbent surface such as paper or fabric. Publication date 1881 topics europe england london g. The combs produced here can be made very fine indeed and are of a superior class. Which brings us to today where the art of marbling is seemingly without limits in accessibility and imagination.

Containing a full description of the nature and properties of the materials used the method of preparing them and of executing every kind of marbling in use at the present time with numerous illustrations and examples. Containing a full description of the nature and properties of the materials used the method of preparing them and of executing every kind of marbling in use at the present time with numerous illustrations and examples. Bell 1881 illustrated book metropolitan museum of art united kingdom books london 1881. The whole art of marbling as applied to paper bookedges etc.

Paper marbling is a method of aqueous surface design which can produce patterns similar to smooth marble or other kinds of stone. As demand grew marbling guilds became established each with their own patterns and secret formulas.