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Vinegar Marbling

By Marianne Van Beelen

I have always been intrigued by the beauty

of marbled paper, wanting for years to try it

myself. The problem is that ingredients for mar-

bling, such as turps, make me very ill, so it never

happened. Then a few weeks ago I found a book

about making decorative paper and describing a

very old technique called vinegar marbling. The

ingredients were only sugar and vinegar so it

seemed ideal.

There were no pictures in the book so it all

sounded rather intriguing and I decided to try

it at once. I was really pleased with the unusual

results, they are like crystal patterns rather than

marbling as we know it.

The technique has the advantage of being

very quick and easy to do and you can make

quite a number of marbled papers in a short

time, but you do have to work fast. Each card

you make will be unique and I am sure you will

enjoy vinegar marbling very much. Okay, there

are some points against it too – it is messy and

sticky and the marbled papers have to dry for at

least a couple of days before you can use them.

Materials Required:

Ordinary White vinegar.

White icing sugar.

Container to mix ingredients, a plastic cup

with a lid is ideal for this.

White card 2cm larger than the aperture.

Water soluble ink, silk paint or food colouring.

Flat paintbrush size 10.

Round brush for ink approx. size 4 to 6.

Large piece of corrugated cardboard.

Old newspapers.

4 Sticky fixer pads and dressmakers pins.

soon as the card begins to dry the the crystals

will no longer form. I use a size 10 flat brush,

but the exact size is not important. Dip the flat

brush into the vinegar solution and paint one

card, a thick layer works best and make sure

you cover every bit of the card which will be

inside the aperture area before going quickly

on to the next step.

Here comes the fun part! You can never tell

what the exact result will be - just wait and see

what happens. Load a round brush with ink

and drop blobs onto the card, you will see small

crystals appear where each blob falls onto the

card. You can cover the card with small crystals

but I find it looks better if you go for one large

crystal or a mixture of sizes.

To make larger crystals, load the brush with

ink and touch it onto the card where you want

the large crystal to appear, if you want to make

the crystal even larger add more ink to the out-

side of the crystal. If you want a smaller crystal,

touch the card more lightly, or with a smaller

brush where you want the crystal to appear.

Yo u will have to experiment for yourself

and see what you like best, but that is all part

of the fun and it is very interesting to watch the

crystals form as they appear on the card.

As the ink spreads you naturally get several

different shades of colour and this effect is even

stronger after drying, but there is no reason why

you shouldn’t use more than one colour ink on

any card. Don’t forget to clean the brushes after-

wards, especially the vinegar solution brush or

you will end up with a lollipop!

Once the cards are dry to the touch and no

longer sticky (usually about two days), you can

mount them

into your card

blanks.

I like to

add extra little

details to my

crystals, like

small, glittery

stones or shiny

sequin birds.

It’s good to

rediscover old

techniques and I

hope you enjoy

making these

cards as much

as I have.

P. V.A. Craft Adhesive.

Card mount of your choice.

To Make The Cards:

Start by making a vinegar mixture. To make

four or five cards add one tablespoon of vinegar

and two tablespoons of sugar to the plastic cup,

put the lid on firmly and shake well until the

sugar is dissolved. This can be speeded up by

placing the container in some hot water to warm

the mixture before shaking. You can make larger

batches of mixture if you want to make more

cards, but always use one part of vinegar to two

parts sugar. The mixture will keep for at least

two weeks.

Now, cover the table with old newspapers

or a sheet of plastic and place the corrugated

cardboard on top of this.

The card will tend to curl up as it gets wet, to

prevent this you need to hold it flat and prefer-

ably slightly away from the cardboard so there

is no chance of them sticking together. The best

way to do this is to decide on the largest size

aperture you are likely to use and cut the card

2cm bigger all round. Lay the card onto the

cardboard and draw round it, remove the card.

Place four sticky fixer pads onto the card-

board, one just inside each corner of the marked

rectangle. The pads are simply used as spacers,

don’t peel the top backing pieces off them as

you don’t want the card to stick onto them.

Place the card on top of the pads, and push

a pin through each corner, it will help to keep

the card flat if you put the pins through at a

slight outward angle.

After coating the card with the vinegar solu-

tion, it is vital that you work very quickly. As

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