turkish marbling

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Ebru, also known as paper marbling, is the Turkish tradition of painting on water, and it creates this beautiful design that looks just like marble!

Wolfe and Miura: Gold vein Overprinted over Turkish pattern. Though related in terms of end appearance, an 'overprint' is not the same process as 'Double marble' (Miura pgs 120-121). A double marble is created when a single paper has been through the marbling process twice where both patterns are on top of one another. An overprint is created when a paper, already marbled, is then printed on top of with another pattern using a lithographic process. This pattern is created by first…

AI Generative marbling art on cotton fabric abstract backgroundTraditional Turkish Ebru art technique, technique, #Ad, #Ebru, #Turkish, #Ad

Wolfe and Miura: Spanish on Turkish This pattern is a variation of a (typical) Turkish where the addition of the Spanish effect alters the overall look of the Turkish element. The pattern is created by first making a Turkish pattern. As the paper is laid onto the bath to pull up the pattern, it is agitated back and forth in the manner used for any Spanish pattern, causing the characteristic gradated lines to appear. The primary colors in this example are brown, blue, yellow and red.

Paper marbling materials. Marbling instructions. Marbling explained. How to do marbling? DIY marbling. Tray, paper, carrageenan, brushes, oxgall, alum, stylus, ebru paints.

As colours create magic on paper, so can they on water! It’s true that painting on water creates wonders. An art form that is so appealing and yet unknown to many. I was amazed to see how it is done and I am pretty sure that you too will get shocked. Here, I am talking…

Turkish water marbling Ebru by Vesile Yilmaz www.doebru.com