marbleizing

Creating swirled patterns

Marbleizing is the technique of creating patterns that resemble marble's natural veining and swirls.

The method applies to paper, paint, fabric, or other surfaces: She spent the afternoon marbleizing endpapers for handbound books.

The effect can be achieved by floating pigments on water and transferring the pattern, or by manipulating wet paint with brushes or combs.

papercrafts

bookbinding

Assembling pages into volumes

  • endpapersSheets joining cover to pages
  • sizePhysical extent or dimensions
  • alumAstringent mineral salt

combs · rakes · stylus · bath · trough · pigments · acrylic · gouache · floating · swirling

faux-finishing

walls

Vertical enclosing structures

  • columnsUpright structural shafts
  • paintColored coating substance
  • glazeThin lustrous coating

feather · veining · trompe-l'oeil · basecoat · sponging · ragging · antiquing · Carrara · Sienna · mantelpiece

culinary

chocolate

Sweet from cacao seeds

cake · ganache · cheesecake · fudge · buttercream · royal icing · confectionery · brownies · cookies · food coloring

industrial

coating

Applied surface covering

laminate · countertops · flooring · vinyl · synthetic · manufacturing · thermoplastic · injection molding · automotive · finishing

Opposites
pattern complexity

marbleizingpriming

Making ready beforehand

whitewashing

pattern type

marbleizingstriping

Creating linear patterns

color blocking

material authenticity

marbleizingquarrying

Open-pit stone mining

Family

marble, marbles, marbled, marbling, marbleize, marbleized

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G