My plans for marbling this weekend didn’t quite work out – seems to be a theme going on here.
I did have a great weekend however, even if not as planned. As I mentioned in my last blog, I was playing with the ladders and getting a bit frustrated. I had made the blocks for two ladders, but my first attempt at the ribbons wasn’t right. I pulled them apart and tried again on one of the ladders and finally had the weaving right, but the ribbons were too loose, some blocks had gotten upside down, and it just wasn’t pretty!
I also had three books that I had started months ago, but had been too busy to get back to them. So I decided instead of creating more paper to join my stash and create more work, I would finish up some things, including mastering the ladders. So, here are the results!
I made four ladders this week, The bottom two in the first photo were my successful ones. One is made from pages of a 1947 book about Bozo the Clown that I marbled. The other is regular marbled paper. The top two are from an old copy of “The History of Western Art”. I was really excited about these as they would form a little “book” snapshot of art through the ages. Unfortunately they were the ones I messed up. I still like the idea and think I’ll have to marble some more pages and try again.
Here’s a close-up of two of the blocks from the the art book.
These are the books I finished. Unlike most batches I make, these are all the same size. It does make cutting the paper and boards easier, but it’s not as much fun!
I’m very pleased to have finished these and I’ll be putting them up on Etsy within the next week.
Maybe this week, I’ll get started on my new paints and all the marbling ideas that are floating through my head!