Ann Muir Marbling Paper

Ann s skill in reproducing historical designs and patterns was remarkable.

Ann muir marbling paper. Ann muir was a skilled craftswoman whose marbled papers gained her an international reputation. Ann worked from her studio at st algar s yard in frome somerset. She was taught by the legendary ann muir and now produces her own range of beautiful and consistent marbled paper. Ann muir was a skilled craftswoman whose marbled papers gained her an international reputation.

Her skill in reproducing historical designs and patterns was remarkable. Ann who died last month worked for many years from her studio at st algar s yard in frome somerset. Jemma is england s newest marbled paper artist. Paper marbling is a method of aqueous surface design which can produce patterns similar to smooth marble or other stone the patterns are the result of color floated on either plain water or a viscous solution known as size and then carefully transferred to an absorbent surface such as paper or fabric.

This video is an accompaniment to a detailed written tutorial available here. Jemma marbling design based in wiltshire are pleased to offer a range of fine hand marbled papers to the bookbinding and publishing industry retailers designers artists and craft workers. Smithsonian libraries digitizing sponsor. Through several centuries people have applied marbled paper to a variety.

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Ann who died last month worked for many years from her studio at st algar s yard in frome somerset. In cases of sympathetic repair work or rebinding ann was able to receive a scrap of old paper through the post and. Hand marbled papers and other marbled products. Ann muir 1939 2008 was a skilled craftswoman whose hand marbled papers gained her an international reputation.

Ann s skill in reproducing historical designs and patterns was remarkable. We also offer a range of complimentary products such as stationary and gifts original artworks and marbling kits. Marbled papers produced by hand by jemma lewis marbling and design. Marbled paper by jemma lewis.

I knew anne muir for many years her workshops were only a few miles from ours in somerset england. This video shows the basics of paper marbling. Hand marbled papers hand marbled paper wiltshire marbled papers jemma marbling design.