Marbling With Starch

One with liquid starch made from cornstarch and tempera paint and another with a marbling kit.

Marbling with starch.

We tried two methods. Paper marbling with shaving cream from handmade kids art. This post even has. Starch can last for months.

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. Marble fabric when dry. Both worked well but look very different. The science behind the fun.

You will also need to add textile medium to the acrylic paint solution. We used liquid starch and acrylic paints to marble our own paper. Iron out any wrinkles do not use spray starch. Add more paint and continue to marble more fabric.

The starch should be 1 to 2 inches deep in your pan. Some paint will sink to the bottom do not worry. How to make marbleized paper. One pan of starch will yield numerous pieces of fabric.

You most likely have all the ingredients right at home you need for this marbling technique. I continue marbling fabric until the starch solution is no longer deep enough to support paint. Cool marbling techniques and projects for kids. Then lower your paper into the starch with the alum treated side down.

Water molecules like to stick together a property which scientists call surface tension. Next pour liquid starch into a tray and add drops of paint to the starch to create your design. Some colors work others don t. Marble in cool low moisture environments for best results.

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. We couldn t get enough. See recipe to make homemade liquid starch above. Fyi i used it as a reference on a recent paper marbling tutorial i.

You will want to continue with the same or similar colors. Paper marbling with liquid starch. Pour 2 cups of liquid starch in the pan then add 1 2 tsp alum stirring until mixed. Drop paint one color on top of another consecutively.

To marble paper start by mixing alum and warm water and wiping the solution over your sheet of paper with a sponge.