Marbling Ebru Colors

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.

Marbling ebru colors.

We are shipping your order anywhere in the world. In this method the liquid has to be thickened because the colors used are water based and would otherwise not float. There are two main branches of the art. These patterns are then transferred to a retentive piece of paper or fabric.

Oil colors and aniline paint is not used in traditional marbling. One good video about the marbling art on water. Blue yellow green pink red. Sprinkle the paint over your marbling size for best effect.

It has a rich history throughout europe and asia. This original video was created for you by http epsos de and there is an original digital signature in the. The word ebru origin comes from persian language ebri eyebrow or ab ru face of water ebru in turkish which means marbling. Because such colors dissolve in water and the paper is not receptive for those.

Ebru a paper marbling method that originated in turkey and central asia involves a thick liquid called size made from substances such as cornstarch. No more troublesome mixing and limitations as you can add up to 5 colors or more on your marbling size. 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. It essentially means you can create a pattern by dropping paint onto a liquid surface.

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. Ancient method of decorating paper. Turkish ebru and japanese suminagashi. Using droppers to add large droplets tend to create more defects.

Ebru patterns are swirly and colorful while sumihashi patterns mostly display black concentric circles.