Gnome Decor

May 13, 2018

Marble-ous Paper to Dye For

I’ve always wanted to try marbling paper, because it looks so pretty.  When I saw the samples for the Marbling Workshop at Indianapolis’ Paper Source store, I recruited my friend Wendie to take the class with me.  We love Paper Source workshops, and have attended several in the past. Marbling uses plain paper or any other absorbent material like fabric or wood, to pick up swirled ink designs from a water bath.  It dates back to twelfth century Japan, where it is called Suminagashi (“floating ink”). During the class, we created hand-marbled papers in…