Paper marbling; the art of floating ink on a liquid in order to create patterns which are then lifted off by laying paper on the water/ink surface.

 

I used to make Turkish marbled paper like those on old endpapers. Highly coloured and often combed, they answered to names such as non-pareil and peacock. The process was controllable so many similar sheets of paper could be produced.

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Nowadays I marble paper the Japanese way to produce suminagashi; non-repeatable, simple and elegant designs on paper.

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I teach others how to float ink on water too.

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