About twenty years ago I saw a demonstration of paper marbling. Fascinated, I began to search for instruction and materials. My instructors were books and journals, extensive trial and error, and countless sheets of paper.
Paper marbling is a printing technique.
Paints are floated on top of a liquid bath called size. Then patterns are created in the paints by using a stylus, rakes and combs. The pattern is transferred to paper by carefully laying the paper on the surface. The process is repeated for each print so each pattern is unique. I marble on carragheenan size using gouache or acrylic paint.