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Traditional Marbling Techniques on Paper and Fabric

  • The Art House Cafe 555 Somerset Street West Ottawa, ON, K1R Canada (map)

Learn traditional marbling techniques in this full day workshop!  Discover how to float Fluid and High Flow color on top of a carageenan bath, create designs with combs and tools, and transfers those designs to paper and cloth.  Learn all about the materials,  preparing your paper, and fabric, mixing and storing your carageenan bath, how to balance colors for different pigment weights, how to create  different patterns - even how to make your own combs and tools at home.   Go home with another skill for your artistic toolbox, and a stack of beautiful paper and cloth,- perfect for sewing projects and mixed media pieces.

Cost: $125, all materials included- including all paint, paper, carageenan, alum, and marbling tools for use in class.  Golden samples to take home.