Liquid Starch Marbling Fabric

Textile artist natalie stopka who creates marbled works and teaches workshops on large scale fabric marbling says marbling is a very expressive art.

Liquid starch marbling fabric.

See recipe to make homemade liquid starch above how to water marble with acrylic paint. I continue marbling fabric until the starch solution is no longer deep enough to support paint. You will want to continue with the same or similar colors. Pour 3 cups of cold water into the other pan.

Do not mix the colours thoroughly as this will cause the effect to be lost. When starch is cool drip paint onto the surface of the starch using an eyedropper or something similar. Iron out any wrinkles do not use spray starch. Fabric marbling is the art of floating paints on top of a thick solution called size manipulating the paints into patterns then transferring the pattern to an object by gently placing the object on top of the solution marbling lets you make your one of a kind quilting or other fabric item.

Learn to marble paper easily with acrylic paint corn starch and water. Prepare paint by mixing tempura paint with water until it has the consistency of half and half or whole milk. Fabric this requires some additional preparation but works well on natural fibers. You can also switch out the water and use the liquid starch instead.

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. This kitchenette turned walk in closet old house used to be multiple apartments had great light and was begging for some inspired design. Squeeze out as much liquid as you can but don t rinse it. Wash and dry new fabric to remove any sizing do not use fabric softener.

Whether you are a fastidious craftsperson or relish. Don t leave it any longer or it can ruin the fabric 3. Marble painting marble art diy painting principles of art using acrylic paint process art crafty craft art tutorials painting tutorials. A bit time intensive yes but the results are just about as good as it gets.

Hang the fabric to dry. One pan of starch will yield numerous pieces of fabric. Add more paint and continue to marble more fabric. Place all the fabric you re planning on marbling in the solution for 20 minutes.

Pour 3 cups of the hot liquid starch into one 9 13 pan and let cool. Grab the corners of the paper and place it gently on top of the liquid starch making sure the entire surface of the paper is touching the starch. After 20 minutes remove the fabric from the water. Each print is the culmination of a tiny performance in which the artist interacts with a fluid medium revealing their temperament.

Swirl the colours in the liquid starch by gently moving a clean paintbrush across the top of the starch.