I did some marbling on leather very many years ago in South Africa and recently my interest was sparked again by the ingenious methods Steven Miller came up with where he floats dyes on shaving cream!
Here are a few tests I did using his method. Really easy to do!
So here are my first tests again with the classic marbling method:
In the first one, there were still lumps of carrageenan in the water and that interfered with the ink floating on top. But the effect is not totally unwelcome.
I then put the thickened water in a blender and got the lumps out, but that creates a lot of bubbles. So I had to let it sit a while and siphon the thick water from the bottom and into the tray.
In the third one I did the minimum of swirling with the toothpick to get a different effect.
The materials used in the videos:
- Carrageenan to thicken the water
- Inks made for marbling by Jacquard
Hope you can have fun with this!