Books

Back in Print!!
The Ultimate Marbling Handbook is a gorgeous reference on the art of marbling, with clear instruction for suminagashi, oil color, watercolor and acrylic marbling. Novices can use it to produce stunning papers, fabrics and three-dimensional objects. Advanced marblers will be inspired to explore artful unconventional designs using ideas and techniques from marbling artists world-wide.

144 pages, 8.5″ X 10.5″
This new hardcover version of what has been called “the marbler’s bible” is available for $65 plus $7.00 shipping. Contains an updated source directory.


Creating Marbled Patterns
 is a 20 page full-color booklet that contains the patterning section from the Ultimate Marbling Handbook. Pages are removable, so this makes a perfect assist in helping you form beautiful classical marbled designs, as well as fantasy designs based on plant and animal motifs seen in Persian marbling.

20 pages, 8.5″ X 11″, $25 +$7.00 priority shipping


Collage, Assemblage and Altered Art
 is a complete guide to collage in every dimension, with more than 120 gorgeous, full color reproductions of inspiring works by noted artists. It contains everything you need to know about papers and other materials, both found and altered, plus the principles of color and design. It is filled with dozens of innovative techniques and nearly 100 detailed step-by-step color photographs and clear instructions.

144 pages, 8.5″ x 10″, $19.95 + $7.00 priority shipping

Paper Art
Showcasing the work of nearly 50 leading artists, Paper Art is an indispensable reference designed to entice novices into trying a new craft and to encourage working paper artists to experiment with new techniques. It covers the fine arts of papermaking, stenciling, leaf printing, batik, salt printing, paste paper design, and embossing, among others. Paper craft techniques include weaving, paper sculpture, paper pop-ups, paper-mache. and contemporary rolled paper.

160 pages, 7.5″ x 10″, $27.50 + $7.00 priority shipping

Dinosaurs Dining
This is a charming book of poems about dinosaurs’ dinner habits, with marbled illustrations to delight dinosaur lovers young and old. Printed in two shades of brown ink on an appropriately toothy sepia-toned cover stock.

20 pages, 8.5″ x 11″, $20.00 + $7.00 priority shipping

Making Paste Papers
This accordion-fold book, hand bound in original decorative papers, will introduce you to the 16th century art of making paste papers. Its unique 3 7/8″ x 4 1/4″ size, and six tiny paste paper samples, make it a welcome addition to any book lover’s collection.

$20.00 + $7.00 shipping

Suminagashi Marbling
Suminagashi Marbling explains how to create beautiful marbled papers featuring the meandering lines and jagged rings of color common to Oriental marbling. Hand bound in original suminagashi papers, the book contains six tiny paper samples. 3 7/8″x 4 1/4″

$20.00 + $7.00 shipping

Making Fold & Dye Papers
Making Fold & Dye Papers will teach you how to make luminescent papers for bookbinding and paper art projects. Hand bound in original decorative papers, the book contains clear instructions for Japanese orizomegami techniques and an insert featuring four color-copied examples of finished designs. 3 7/8″x 4 1/4″

$20.00 + $7.00 shipping