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    Sep 02, 2020 5 minutes
    by Managing Editor Sarah Feeley

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    The Art Of Marbling

    Marvelling at the colourful swirling patterns on the endpapers of old books is often our first experience of marbled paper. This ancient craft technique involves floating and manipulating colours on a water solution before transferring them to paper or other items to mimic the patterns of marble stone.

    Its earliest form is thought to have originated in East Asia before Silk Road trading routes brought it to Turkey.

    Spectacular effects are easily achievable at home using a few simple items available from craft and art shops or online, with kits also on sale. There are different techniques; one is to lay a piece of paper on top of stirred or combed inks floating atop a tray of water solution, peeling from the corner to reveal the pattern. This makes lovely wrapping paper, and

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