Hand Marbled Papers - Nik the Booksmith
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
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Supplies used (everything is available on Amazon.com, a search will show up these items and their descriptions):
- acrylic paints (I had Liquitex and Golden brands)
- ox gall (paint dispersant), some use dish soap, its much cheaper!
- carrageenan powder or methocel (water thickener)
- alum (powder or crystals) (used to mordant papers before marbling)
- lg. cookie sheet, wooden skewers
DIY items:
- rakes and combs made from dry wall corner bead (from Home Depot) and roller picks (from Sally's Beauty Supply)
- whisks made from broom straw and rubber bands
- various papers
- distilled water
- small plastic cups for paint
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I'm not sure if I should be excited or dismayed that I've started watching paper marbling videos. This looks like something I could get addicted to if I give it a try.
I don’t think there is one that I didn’t like! Super cool!
Really pretty Nik
I like the little bits of black! tyfs
I absolutely LOVE the two Spanish wave ones. The first one looks like sun rays coming from the top, down to the bottom left. Gorgeous!!!! If you don't want them, I do!!!!!! Keep up with the great work.
Lovely! Super cool! Love Love Love!
Thank you Nik for sharing your work, your tries, even your fails... Thank you to be as brilliant as generous!
I applaud your scientific mind and your marbled dyed papers. You are very brave! I’m sticking with the shaving cream idea you taught me! They look great
after the first time I attempted paper marbling I used pieces of the ones that I didn't like to much to make "frankenpages"...and they really looked cool with other scraps....they are all beautiful Nik...so many possibilities ....thanks for sharing. Love and hugs from North Carolina
Gwan' with your baddass, mad-scientist self! Congrats on the milestone! Love your stuff!!
😅 thanks, Barbara =)
Your so funny. I can see your soap swirling is coming in handy. Lol. I think they ALL turned out great. Even the ones your not crazy about are still great.
So crazy!!! You said Happy Memorial Day, and I’m watching this Memorial Day weekend in 2022!!! Pure kismet!!!
I love the third to the last! It evokes lying on your back in a forest, looking up through the trees. Beautiful.
I LOVE these, bubbles, fails and all the colors, they are fantastic!!!
The best thing about art and craft is the experimenting. And it's ALL GOOD!!
Nice! I plan to try something similar. I want to do Suminagashi with acrylic India inks on elephant hide paper. Probably will fail because all I know is the process but not the details behind it, but yeah. Your video gave me courage.
love,love yr stuff... please continue with more, xxjudith
Oh my my! Cannot wait to try this technique! Nik, you are a true inspiration. Thank you again for sharing with us.
These are so fabulous! I didn’t see any fails, they were all so interesting and pretty. I hope you cut up your fails for ATC backgrounds or some such. Maybe pass them on in happy mails? Because I promise we all love them. This makes me really want to try this! TFS! The black and gold really are gorgeous! Hugs, Kathy
Even the ones you call fail are beautiful and can be used for something - cards, tags, bookmarks - whatever!
Love your set-up!
I really like swirl-it-around-with-a-skewer.
All of those are so cool Nik. No fails from where I am sitting TFS. Love your videos. x
Beautiful papers.
What gorgeous papers you have made. I have purchased handmade marbled papers and these look just as good. My first marbling technique was almost 15 years ago with shaving cream. My last marbling technique was nail polish in water. A much smaller job, but it turned out nice for tags and ATC’s. I will have to look into this technique as it is much more useful. Thanks for sharing and I can’t wait to see your future projects using this technique.
Congratulations Nik! 20.001 suscriptores!! All marbled papers are so amazing. My favourite: green and gold. Thanks to you.
Great marbling work, will be trying again soon. Love your work.!
Nik, you're so funny...I thought I was the only one who had this problem-- I want to do this!...ooo what's that?... Look over here, I want to learn that! I fondly call it craft ADD.😂
As Nik said before, #TheStruggleIsReal. =) Crafty ADD is an awesome affliction.
It is awesome but very expensive when you're a stay at home mom and not making your own money! Sigh...good thing hubby thinks I'm amazing for having so many ideas...lol! I try to excuse myself and say 'You married a creative woman...' And he says 'Better this than spending money on stupid and silly things'. Haha good thing he doesn't find this type of stuff silly and stupid haha
well that and my real ADD...its a scary, dangerous combo! 😄
Nik the Booksmith I'm there with you on the real deal. It can be both a blessing and a curse; I love being able to hyperfocus on tasks but hate getting easily distracted and hiding things from myself that I had in-hand minutes before.
I wonder if all crafty people have some ADD. But then, maybe that's what makes it fun.
I don't think there's a creative thing you can't do once you put your mind to it!! Well done
Nik, your just to hard on yourself they are all beautifull, you put in a lot of hard work with your craft and you show us some really great ideas thank you.
I like the way you use the marbled paper on the inside of the journal, I think the results are quite good for a starter.
So cool loved this
Awesome results...
Nik I there are two you called a fail but I swear I saw two angels in them. Love all of your work.
Oh Yoda teach us your ways PLEASE!!!! Seriously you make gorgeous marbled papers and I would love a class or 14🤣💕. Note to self....review the drop down notes before commenting lol🤪
I’d love to see a version of this that takes me through the process step by step. Thanks.
Absolutely gorgeous. I actually went on Google to see how it's made Fabulous video. Then I came upon yours. Bravo. Oh my goodness. It's all Fabulous. Me too. I learn better by doing. Love angel wings. Ohhh my word you certainly did become better. Oh goodness the yellow is great. Thanks for the video. Pinks and purples are my fav
Winner, winner Nik !! I think you have done great with your papers. Yes, definitely something I’ve always wanted to try and there you are ... showing us all how it’s done !!! You are definitely too picky cause you have some beautiful papers .. just be proud of yourself .
I agree with the others who commented: all of the papers are just beautiful, but I actually liked the grainy ones the best! Thanks for sharing, can't wait to try the technique.
What fun (for me!) to be able to go back in time and catch wonder-ful videos of yours! Your favorites were awesome, my favorite is the fifth one you showed :)
Thank you so much for sharing with us ❤️
I love that book and thank you for keeping it in tact, I wish we had a recycle place.
These are great! Looks like the process was lots of fun, too!
Such a fun thing to do I'm sure. I look forward to doing this.
Wow- I even like the ones you don't like. I absolutely love the one on green paper. They are great!
So, so pretty 😍 Even your so-called 'misses' are definitely hits!👌
They are gorgeous Nik..even your fails were very cool.
Awesome Nik! Can't say that I hate any of them. I'm envious of your work...nice job.
Oh I love this play date, love this. I could see so many things in those papers. Guess I have been crafting too long. You make my day
I even love the rejects!
At first I thought it was a cooking demonstration gone wrong, but then I got into the head bangin' music and enjoyed the process.
😄 thanks, Mary!
I guess I need new glasses because I saw gorgeous marbled papers! All beautiful!!! Fails, really? LOVE this video!!! Tfs
WOW!!! Every single one of them is absolutely beautiful. I wish I could do this. I want to do this. I will do this some day. Love, love, love them all.
Super cool!!
I just love elephants and any positive news is good for me. Long life Mundi in her habitat. Your marbled papers are so unique - angel wings (I can see swans in the paper, just gorgeous) The gold/green/black is just divine and the white/grey/gold marbled look is stunning.Can't wait to see them added in your journals. Thanks for sharing.
Oh my we really are our own worst critic aren’t we, I think you did really well
Wow! Even the fails are very pretty...except for the ones you could call Mud and Lava! lol You're so much fun!!!
Ok, I purchased this class a year ago, got supplies and am not brave enough to try it yet🤷🏼♀️I’ve seen some really fugly DIY marbled papers out there! LOL yours of course, look gorgeous 💁🏼♀️
Thank you for sharing this again - I feel quite inspired by you. I have been taking paper marbling courses and it is nice to see your journey with it. I think it is wonderful that you have taken your interests & passions to the level of having a successful & sustainable business. Again, thank you for sharing.
LOVE your papers! I visited Peggy Skycraft's studio during an open house years ago... it just fed my love of marbling and other paper decorations! I bought some cut-offs - edges that were removed to make the dimensions she needed. I still am fascinated with them! You are having way too much fun! Keep on filming your adventures!!!
Oh god, I knew I shouldn't of clicked on this vid...now I want to make all these beautiful papers....LOL! Great vid, absolutely love all you created...
TFS.. :)
I love them all. I love most of your fails. Perhaps I don’t know enough about marbling to be a critic.
Beautiful paper. I am inspired! Thanks for sharing your art with us.
I actually like the grainy ones the best! And the couple printed on black near the end (with the white, grey, and gold) were my ultimate favorite of them all! Send them to me if you don't want them! lmao. Love the marbling. I've used this technique on my nails. putting polish in a cup of water, swirling it around and then dipping your nail in. Comes out the same! Super cool. I may try this one someday. tfs :)
All the papers are just awesome!!! Even the more grainy ones that you don't like so much! I believe it gives something more!!! TFS, dear Nik!!! Always love watching your videos!!! xxx
I love the angel wing patterns. The first light one was so dainty and delicate.
THESE PAPERS ARE LOVELY-I REALLY LIKE THE ANGEL ONES-HAVE A BLESSED DAY
wow, fantastic. The ones you think didn't come out nice I think are beautiful also. Oh, yes, I want to do it all also
Hey Nik. Very cool marbled paper. You definitely had me rockin' out at the beginning. ☮️
These are gorgeous! And I’m a big fan of the ‘heavy metal marbling’! Your vids are great...tfs xx
Not sure I would call any of these as failures, they all look great. Sue 💜
I have decided to follow you, because you're very cool. And all your prints turned out great, what you've say about them is true. People work hard to get all those effects. Well done! Love the fact you jump right. That's the heart of a true artist.
I LOVE marbled paper!! TFS. Hi from Belgium!
I love all of them but the Spanish Wave are my favorites.
I am still in the learning phase with this type of art, I did learn early on though that it's important to soak, paint your paper with Alum sulfate, this will grab the color and go POW...I have yet to experiment, but I will do that to my paper first! Thank you for your exploration, I am learning a ton!
Dammit Nik! There was a paper I saw just under one you were showing and then you scooped it up and didn't show it! It was black with green and it looked so cool and I was ready to see it next and... DENIED! LOL, I never get tired of watching/listening to you. Great job doing this basically self taught. I've been watching marbling videos for three days now and I am really anxious to try this too. Thanks, as always, for sharing and caring.
This was so cool!!! Thank you so much for sharing!! Keep sharing everything you play with! I’m loving these videos. And of course your books and journal with me videos too!!
They are all fabulous Nik! I love them all!
As a person who does abstract painting ( Jackson Pollack style) I love all of them! Right up my alley! Now I need to do this lol
I think these are all awesome, but I do understand about the grainy paint, not being desirable. You are always entertaining!
I love all your 'fails'!
They look great! I love how there are some you didn’t like - said they were a fail - but I look at it and think, ohh nice ❤️ 😆
Just simply amazing
Love each and everything you do
Right, that is something I'm definitely going to do. That my girl, is absolutely going to be so addictive. Fantastic.
Congratulations on your Subs.x
I think they are all beautiful!
Super awesome pages Nik! You did a great job! 💜💜💜
Beautiful papers, all of them, your awesome
Even the fails as you call them are all pretty.
You are always so entertaining and yet super informative! I am new to all of this and starting slowly. For now I am living vicariously through your experiments and new crafts and loving every minute. So many things to get too!!!!! You are such an inspiration. Thank you so much for sharing your work and amazing creativity. 😊
Thanks for sharing!
Really informative and fun! Very pretty papers! I've done this before but did not know there are actual designs you can do. TFS, Nik!
Did I miss something? Where is the voice over? It’s not as informative as if she had narrated. How did she prepare the water? When did she add the alum … This is a fail as far as sharing a technique.
Nik this is so cool❣️❣️💫✨
yAYYYY,, CONGRATS ON THE 20k !!!!!! These pages are the bomb !!!!! Gorgeous !!! TFS
Gosh, I love it ! It"s a lot to tackel for the novice. Breath taking first time out! I would end up keeping all of them to myself. Lol
I'm kind of an "all-in or nothing" kind of girl 😄 thank you, Susan!
I think they were all beautiful. I have to say though I was yelling stop moving it around lol. When I took my class we only did about 2 passes, and did a lot of adding drops inside drops with a dropper
Did you paint your pages with alum and let dry prior to dropping them in?
hi Carolyn, yep...gotta mordant or the paint might just slide off 😣😄
yeah, some patterns are made with just a couple passes, others are made with more. With that one...I had used the wrong rake and wanted to see if I could still pull it off....yeah.... 😏😄
These papers are beautiful.
The papers you describe as “just ok” at around 9:30 are freakin AWESOME! My faves so far. Reminds me of feathers
Hi , what's really enjoying about Nick : ) the booksmith , is that you are like " hey just wanted to try and looked it up " ya have a go girl......its so good to see.... BUT get some glasses cause those papers look great, I mean common that was your first go .. wanna see my first go...well, no u cant cause they got thrown in the bin...ahaha but I can tell you it was nootthiinng like yours ahaha Love your stuff Nick thanks for the video..from the land of Oz hugs
Hi Nik
I couldn’t think of another character at the time to convey the “ A team “ commando type approach. It’s pretty ironic. Sylvester Stallone is Italian, your making italianesque marbled paper and books. And your tiny but performing heroic feats and you have a minimalistic, neat style. Love those papers. Recently I bought some small packs of silk paper and cotton rag paper. They would go beautifully with those papers.
Wow, I really like your works of art. Excellent job! Thanks for sharing it, greetings from Cancun, Mexico.
Ohmygosh, these are just gorgeous! I love the whole lot of them! You should do come craft with me weekends, I'd be there in a heartbeat! Much love to you my pretty! 💙💜💙
I would love to have a craft weekend! will have to think about that.... thank you! 😊
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They were all awesome.... I loved the blue and pinky ones the best and the angel wing pattern was very cool xx
This is our Spring Bank Holiday weekend here in UK so we were off work here too and Half term break from school for the children for this week as well.
Yayyyy!! 😊😊😊