Fabric Shaving Cream Marbling

Otherwise you end up with fabric that looks more like abstract art then marbling.

Fabric shaving cream marbling. First you start with a work surface. I had heard of a technique that used shaving cream as the suspension for the paint. Marbling developed in japan and turkey as a decorative method where inks are suspended on the surface of water and paper or fabric is laid on top to capture the image held on the water s surface. This is one of our all time favorite art activities.

If you marble a piece of fabric and decide it needs more you can begin the process over with clean shaving cream and paint and dip the fabric again. The best easiest and cheapest diy marbled paper is done with shaving cream marbling. You re basically replicating the process of adding color onto a blank surface. Fabric marbling is the art of floating paints on top of a thick solution called size manipulating the paints into patterns then transferring the pattern to an object by gently placing the object on top of the solution marbling lets you make your one of a kind quilting or other fabric item.

Then the paint will set a bit into the fabric before you scrape away the shaving foam. With foam shaving cream and paint you can make beautifully marbled fabric patterns that would be much more expensive if done the traditional way. If you do use acrylic paint let it set a bit before you scrape after you peel back your fabric let it set a bit and dry not too dry that the shaving foam dries but half hour or so. Aug 21 2018 explore alan wicks s board shaving cream fabric dyeing on pinterest.

We covered the table with craft paper and then used the shiny side of a large piece of. Marbling fabric with shaving cream published on 04 13 09 my daughter and i spent the afternoon marbling fabric. However be careful to swirl your paint the same both times. Another technique for marbling is to create smaller batches of cream with the dye mixed into it then add that colored batch to the larger shaving cream surface with a small tool.