Marbling With Starch

Both worked well but look very different.

Marbling with starch.

One with liquid starch made from cornstarch and tempera paint and another with a marbling kit. Gently drop acrylic paint on the surface of the starch. Iron out any wrinkles do not use spray starch. 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.

The science behind the fun. Varying the order in which the colors are dropped may affect how they expand. Cool marbling techniques and projects for kids. Pour 2 cups of liquid starch in the pan then add 1 2 tsp alum stirring until mixed.

You most likely have all the ingredients right at home you need for this marbling technique. One pan of starch will yield numerous pieces of fabric. We couldn t get enough. You will also need to add textile medium to the acrylic paint solution.

We used liquid starch and acrylic paints to marble our own paper. Next pour liquid starch into a tray and add drops of paint to the starch to create your design. I continue marbling fabric until the starch solution is no longer deep enough to support paint. See recipe to make homemade liquid starch above.

Add more paint and continue to marble more fabric. Paper marbling with liquid starch. You will want to continue with the same or similar colors. Then lower your paper into the starch with the alum treated side down.

Fyi i used it as a reference on a recent paper marbling tutorial i. Some paint will sink to the bottom do not worry. To marble paper start by mixing alum and warm water and wiping the solution over your sheet of paper with a sponge. Water molecules like to stick together a property which scientists call surface tension.

Marble fabric when dry. Drop paint then create lines with a stylus. Drop paint one color on top of another consecutively. Some colors work others don t.

Marble in cool low moisture environments for best results. We tried two methods. Starch can last for months. This post even has.

Paper marbling with shaving cream from handmade kids art.