Best Paper For Japanese Marbling

Watercolor pape r was the perfect thickness and absorbed the inks beautifully.

Best paper for japanese marbling. B somewhat streaky. One of my papers with suminagashi background has been circulating on the internet for years. D sharp edges high contrast and crisp veins showing the clean white of the paper. I suggest purchasing the ultimate marbling handbook by diane maurer mathison.

This exciting 4 hour workshop will present historical background and introduce the time honored technique. C a bit of residual paint in white areas. We also tried using watercolor and traditional japanese marbling paper made of mulberry fibers but we found that the japanese paper tore easily and was too thin. Based on these examples the following heavy weight papers are suitable for marbling in a moderate value range.

Watch artisan tadao fukuda as he creates beautiful handmade marbled papers an art called suminagashi 墨流し in japanese. Tbc the best crafts marbling art paint kit 6 bottles marbling inks 19ml each art of painting on water ebru art suminagashi creative toys gifts arts and crafts paint set 4 1 out of 5 stars 17 17 99 17. Mr fukuda is in his eighties and very energetic to have had his marbling paper workshops everywhere in japan and even in overseas in the workshop you don t make paper but design a picture with ink colors.