Marbling With Starch

You most likely have all the ingredients right at home you need for this marbling technique.

Marbling with starch.

This post even has. Add more paint and continue to marble more fabric. Starch can last for months. Fyi i used it as a reference on a recent paper marbling tutorial i.

Iron out any wrinkles do not use spray starch. See recipe to make homemade liquid starch above. To marble paper start by mixing alum and warm water and wiping the solution over your sheet of paper with a sponge. Then lower your paper into the starch with the alum treated side down.

Paper marbling with liquid starch. We couldn t get enough. We used liquid starch and acrylic paints to marble our own paper. Some paint will sink to the bottom do not worry.

Cool marbling techniques and projects for kids. You will also need to add textile medium to the acrylic paint solution. Next pour liquid starch into a tray and add drops of paint to the starch to create your design. 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. How to make marbleized paper. One pan of starch will yield numerous pieces of fabric. Pour 2 cups of liquid starch in the pan then add 1 2 tsp alum stirring until mixed.

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. 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. Gently drop acrylic paint on the surface of the starch. Paper marbling with shaving cream from handmade kids art.

The starch should be 1 to 2 inches deep in your pan. Some colors work others don t. Water molecules like to stick together a property which scientists call surface tension. Marble fabric when dry.

One with liquid starch made from cornstarch and tempera paint and another with a marbling kit. You will want to continue with the same or similar colors. Both worked well but look very different. Drop paint then create lines with a stylus.

The science behind the fun.