Marbling With Starch

Starch can last for months.

Marbling with starch.

This post even has. Next pour liquid starch into a tray and add drops of paint to the starch to create your design. We used liquid starch and acrylic paints to marble our own paper. See recipe to make homemade liquid starch above.

Some colors work others don t. To marble paper start by mixing alum and warm water and wiping the solution over your sheet of paper with a sponge. Fyi i used it as a reference on a recent paper marbling tutorial i. Drop paint then create lines with a stylus.

You will want to continue with the same or similar colors. I continue marbling fabric until the starch solution is no longer deep enough to support paint. You will also need to add textile medium to the acrylic paint solution. We tried two methods.

One with liquid starch made from cornstarch and tempera paint and another with a marbling kit. Paper marbling with liquid starch. Cool marbling techniques and projects for kids. You most likely have all the ingredients right at home you need for this marbling technique.

Water molecules like to stick together a property which scientists call surface tension. The starch should be 1 to 2 inches deep in your pan. How to make marbleized paper. Gently drop acrylic paint on the surface of the starch.

Some paint will sink to the bottom do not worry. Both worked well but look very different. Iron out any wrinkles do not use spray starch. Marble in cool low moisture environments for best results.

We couldn t get enough. Marble fabric when dry. 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.

The science behind the fun. 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. 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.

Varying the order in which the colors are dropped may affect how they expand.