A textile marbling technique for effecting a feathered cracked pattern on materials such as fabric, paper or wood

摘要

A feathered cracked pattern can be achieved on the surface of a marble bath that can be transposed to material such as fabric, paper or wood using carrageenan size, liquatex acrylic fabric paints and Kodak (RTM) photo-flo (RTM). The marbling effect begins in the usual manner. Carrageenan is mixed with water (two tablespoons of carrageenan to one gallon of water) and placed in a flat-bottomed vessel. A few drops of diluted Kodak (RTM) photo-flo (RTM) (one teaspoon of photo-flo (RTM) to five dessertspoons of distilled water) is placed on the surface of the carrageenan solution, then stirred to ensure even distribution. Liquatex acrylic fabric paint (mixed with liquatex marble ease and distilled water) is then dropped in dots on the surface of the carrageenan mixture in any desired pattern (eg, in ebru marbling, as rows of circles with concentric rings). Further colours can optionally be added. The process of this application is characterised by the following subsequent process steps. More drops of diluted photo-flo (RTM) are added to the surface of the marbling bath (either around the edges of the marbling bath or around the edges of the concentric rings). As soon as the colours or patterns start to contract very quickly, but before the point where they sink, some of the photo-flo (RTM) is very quickly lifted off the surface using newspaper or blotting paper until the pattern starts to move out again. This action causes the paint on the surface to crack into a feathered effect, giving rise to either distorted circular type shapes or an overall feathered cracked pattern (figures 3 and 4 respectively; marbled silk). Repeating this action gives rise to further cracking and distortion. In a conventional manner, the material to be patterned is then lowered onto the surface of the marble bath and lifted away to reveal the pattern.