The Forgotten Tradition Of Making Marbled Paper By Hand

In the Italian city of Florence, high-quality colored paper and gift wrap have a long tradition. In fact, some of it is still made by hand. These papers are famous for their delightful patterns, shiny colors, and their Italian Renaissance-era motifs. We went to visit paper manufacturers in Florence to find out more about this age-old tradition!
#Italy #Tradition #Handicraft
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[@SandraWambold]

Forgotten? You can buy kits for marbling in any decent art store.

[@123456msstar]

This is called "ebru sanatı" in Turkish. It is interesting to see in Europe.

[@ΔεαΚ]

Florentine paper my a$$ its still and will always be called marbled paper... what egos

[@hvitis]

It's not Florence paper. It's marbled or ebru paper all over the world.

[@cuneytss]

While this method is often referred to as "Turkish marbling" in English and called ebru in modern Turkish

[@67claudius]

The path of paper marbling goes from Japan, China, Persia, probably the Ottoman empire and the Italian cities that traded with the Ottomans.

[@matthewadams5476]

Suminagashi.

[@dshe8637]

I went here on my birthday and they gave me a sheet of paper that had just been done!

[@dweuromaxx]

@D She 🙄That was probably meant nicely but is of course frustrating...

[@dshe8637]

@@dweuromaxx Ah no, I was thrilled. It was a gift. I did buy a beautiful little notebook and some other papers too

[@venus_envy]

@@dweuromaxx
why would it be frustrating?

[@jopiaspieder1184]

Those designs are very pretty

[@fromthehyggekrog6631]

These are gorgeous. Giving me so much inspiration!

[@dweuromaxx]

Glad you like them!

[@Vlow52]

This is literally no attention to details. These kind of marble pattern are beautiful because of the chaotic nature of the process, you can mix any color in random proportions.

[@hvitis]

Do it 😊

[@ardiris2715]

For good or for bad, the pandemic has pushed ordinary paper one step closer toward obsolescence.

[@hvitis]

I love staring at and touching screens.

[@stopmessingwithyt]

This is Turkish marbling. Get your facts straight!

[@dweuromaxx]

@FF No barking, please. The ancient technique of marbling paper has a long history and probably started inJapan, then came to Europe via India, Persia and, yes, Turkey. But that does not change the fact, that there is an old tradition of Marbled Paper also in Florence.

[@kutter_ttl6786]

Found the Turkish nationalist. Paper marbling first appeared in East Asia more then 500 yrs before the first examples showed up on the Ottoman Empire so there's no need to be an ass about it.

[@leatheraccessories646]

@@dweuromaxx Please, let the Turks believe the navel of the earth, they also invented the plum tail and even the cheese holes 😂😂😂😂

[@feylezofriza]

@@dweuromaxx Can you please not use dehumanizing language when replying to comments? I also didn't know until today that this was done outside Turkey. You could have handled the commenter's lack of information better.

[@tujandan1740]

@@feylezofrizastop crying like baby :))