"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Hypnotic in nature and bursting with color, marbled paper has captivated attention for centuries due to ...

Paper marbling produces some astounding colorful images, and it's a painting technique thats remained mostly for centuries. But just because it's old doesn't mean it's simple. The video also gives a ...

Eileen Canning, marbled paper with free-form combed pattern (1983) (all images courtesy Thomas J. Watson Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art) In our admittedly limited hierarchies of art materials ...

Inspired by some of the items in the Library’s rare books collection, we encouraged Festival visitors to have a go at an ancient craft – paper marbling. Originating in the Far East, paper marbling was ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. One of the pleasures of finding an old book is in discovering the exquisiteness of its binding. It was ...