Marbling ink is one of the first materials we used to create surface patterns on paper. This was a lot of fun to do. We used a deep plastic tray, filled about an inch deep with water. Then we used a few different coloured marbling inks (a few drops of each) and the end of a pencil to mix/marble the inks on the surface of the water. We then carefully put a sheet of paper on the surface and lifted it up to reveal the ink patterns which had stuck to the paper.
Here are some of mine:
I really enjoyed experimenting with this technique and also tried just dipping the edges into the tray to create a colourful border. My first attempt went a bit squint because I was trying to get a bigger border by putting the paper at an angle and it slipped a little in the water.
I also tried hole-punching the border:
I think combining the ink border and the hole-punching makes a very interesting pattern.
Hopefully I will be able to use the marbling ink technique in more of my work as I really liked using this method.
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