Marbling Ebru Colors

The word ebru origin comes from persian language ebri eyebrow or ab ru face of water ebru in turkish which means marbling.

Marbling ebru colors.

This original video was created for you by http epsos de and there is an original digital signature in the. These patterns are then transferred to a retentive piece of paper or fabric. Natural colors are used in making ebru for centuries which are obtained from colored rocks and earth that contains oxidized metals or organic pigment colors that do not dissolve in water. It has a rich history throughout europe and asia.

In this method the liquid has to be thickened because the colors used are water based and would otherwise not float. One good video about the marbling art on water. Marbling color marbling is the ancient art of floating paint on the surface of thickened water known as the marbling size and then transferring the floating design onto paper or fabric. Ebru is unesco heritage listed traditional turkish art of water marbling creating colourful patterns by dropping and splashing paints onto a tray of water based viscous solution with special brushes.

Turkish ebru and japanese suminagashi. Ebru patterns are swirly and colorful while sumihashi patterns mostly display black concentric circles. Ebru a paper marbling method that originated in turkey and central asia involves a thick liquid called size made from substances such as cornstarch. Ebru is a traditional turkish art of paper decoration by spreading paints which do not dissolve in water with brushes made of horse hair and rose wood on dense water that is thickened by gum tragacanth.

It essentially means you can create a pattern by dropping paint onto a liquid surface. Blue yellow green pink red. Sprinkle the paint over your marbling size for best effect. Ancient method of decorating paper.

Using droppers to add large droplets tend to create more defects. Oil colors and aniline paint is not used in traditional marbling. Because such colors dissolve in water and the paper is not receptive for those. We can also customize.

Marbling is an umbrella term for aqueous surface design techniques.