Marbling With Starch

Paper marbling with liquid starch.

Marbling with starch.

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. See recipe to make homemade liquid starch above. Drop paint one color on top of another consecutively. I continue marbling fabric until the starch solution is no longer deep enough to support paint.

Some colors work others don t. Marble in cool low moisture environments for best results. Then lower your paper into the starch with the alum treated side down. The starch should be 1 to 2 inches deep in your pan.

Both worked well but look very different. Drop paint then create lines with a stylus. We used liquid starch and acrylic paints to marble our own paper. Water molecules like to stick together a property which scientists call surface tension.

How to make marbleized paper. Paper marbling with shaving cream from handmade kids art. Pour 2 cups of liquid starch in the pan then add 1 2 tsp alum stirring until mixed. One with liquid starch made from cornstarch and tempera paint and another with a marbling kit.

Add more paint and continue to marble more fabric. Starch can last for months. We couldn t get enough. Fyi i used it as a reference on a recent paper marbling tutorial i.

To marble paper start by mixing alum and warm water and wiping the solution over your sheet of paper with a sponge. Cool marbling techniques and projects for kids. You most likely have all the ingredients right at home you need for this marbling technique. Varying the order in which the colors are dropped may affect how they expand.

The science behind the fun. Some paint will sink to the bottom do not worry. 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.

One pan of starch will yield numerous pieces of fabric. We tried two methods. This post even has. Gently drop acrylic paint on the surface of the starch.

Iron out any wrinkles do not use spray starch.