Marbling With Starch

Pour 2 cups of liquid starch in the pan then add 1 2 tsp alum stirring until mixed.

Marbling with starch.

Water molecules like to stick together a property which scientists call surface tension. The science behind the fun. Paper marbling with liquid starch. Marble fabric when dry.

Starch can last for months. Some paint will sink to the bottom do not worry. To marble paper start by mixing alum and warm water and wiping the solution over your sheet of paper with a sponge. Iron out any wrinkles do not use spray starch.

Some colors work others don t. One with liquid starch made from cornstarch and tempera paint and another with a marbling kit. You most likely have all the ingredients right at home you need for this marbling technique. You will also need to add textile medium to the acrylic paint solution.

Fyi i used it as a reference on a recent paper marbling tutorial i. Both worked well but look very different. We tried two methods. How to make marbleized paper.

One pan of starch will yield numerous pieces of fabric. Drop paint one color on top of another consecutively. See recipe to make homemade liquid starch above. You will want to continue with the same or similar colors.

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. This post even has. We used liquid starch and acrylic paints to marble our own paper. We couldn t get enough.

Paper marbling with shaving cream from handmade kids art. Cool marbling techniques and projects for kids. Varying the order in which the colors are dropped may affect how they expand. 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.

I continue marbling fabric until the starch solution is no longer deep enough to support paint. The starch should be 1 to 2 inches deep in your pan. Next pour liquid starch into a tray and add drops of paint to the starch to create your design. Gently drop acrylic paint on the surface of the starch.

Add more paint and continue to marble more fabric.