Making Marbling Trays

Prepare and marbleize paper in paper soaking trays and tubs.

Making marbling trays. I used a baking pan at home. The tools are made of a strip of wood with metal pins or nails for the teeth. So let the records show that this is the easiest diy ever done. A dharma featured tutorial.

5 out of 5 stars 50 50 reviews 88 50. We used these art trays and they worked really well. Here we will show you a quick way to put together a large shallow tray. Large tray for marbling and dyeing.

Accommodates 22 in x 30 in full size sheet of watercolor paper and is made of sturdy high impact styrene with special high gloss surface. Trays are so stylish yet they corral clutter like it s nobody s business and they just generally make your life look like you ve got everything under control. The marbling concentrate that we sell at s s also has mixing instructions on the inside of the container. Jewelry making beading beads cabochons charms.

We do not make or sell marbing trays except in our marbling kits which do contain a tray. But if you want to make a rake and starter comb instructions are included in this tutorial. Dissolve 2 tablespoons of the alum in 2 cups of warm water. The best way i can describe this is like making gravy.

We get asked a lot how to make large trays for marbling and other dyeing techniques. You can easily make your own rake for making patterns in your paint by sandwiching toothpicks taped at 1 4 to 1 inch intervals between layers of corrugated cardboard prepare the surface of your paper. The following 6 tools are made to fit a standard size 11 x 17 baking sheet or cookie tray which can be used as a marbling tray to hold the size. Jack richeson paper soaking marbling tray measuring 23 in x 31 in is light in weight and is perfect for paper soaking and marbling.

If you are teaching yourself marbling the easiest thing to use for a tray is an ordinary cookie tray or baking sheet. Add liquid and paints to a marbling tray to create colorful papers for cards origami and other paper crafts a plastic soaking tub is perfect for soaking large sheets of paper. Spread the marbling concentrate evenly in the water while whisking. Paper soaking trays and tubs.

For freehand marbling knitting needles and similar sticks make excellent freehand tools. This will make it easy to do marbling and low immersion dyeing with big pieces of fabric or even let you dye a rug. Get one that is around 11 x 17 the rakes and combs that we sell are made to fit a tray of that size. Plastic paper trays are highly versatile.

Marbleizing supplies are inexpensive and readily available at art supply and crafts stores. Try talas for professional rakes and marbling trays in sizes to match. A comb has teeth spaced closer together. Fill a flat tray with hot water.