Making Marbled Paper: Paint Techniques & Patterns for Classic & Modern Marbleizing on Paper & Silk

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Discover and fall in love with the ancient art of marbling paint in this modern guide! With more than 30 different patterns to create and a step-by-step interactive workbook to encourage practice, youll learn all the marbling techniques, from chevron and feathering to stone and scallop. From foundational to advanced skills, youll also learn how to float paint on water, create intricate patterns and unique designs with unusual tools, lay paper on various materials to transfer beautiful artwork, and so many more marbling techniques! Be inspired to then reimagine your designs for home dcor, stationery, textiles, apparel, ceramics, accessories, and more. With guidance from Heather Fletcher, a professional artist who has traveled the world studying these distinctive methods and learning from the worlds leading marbling masters, youll also gain an understanding of the history of this reemerging art form.

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Minneapolis artist Fletcher both explains the craft in a colorful, photographic step-by-step essay and revives it with an accessible, modern, and upscaled twist.

With guidance from Heather Fletcher (herself a professional artist who has traveled the world studying these distinctive methods and learning from the world's leading marbling masters), even the most novice of beginners will gain an understanding of the origins and evolution of this reemerging art form.

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Heather RJ Fletcher is a surface designer, mermaid, and artist living in Minneapolis. It was during Lindsay's art licensing classes at MCAD where she learned to connect the dots of her artistic career. HRJ is now licensing her art work, making patterns, illustrating and showing in galleries. She happily works from her studio in MCBA.