Splattered Wallets

[bikermutt07]

47 minutes ago, kiwican said:

she used paint, Michaels (pretty much our version of hobby lobby I guess) has paint that can be used for this purpose. I've also heard it marbling paint, do a google search and there are a few videos of people doing it

What a sad place you must live in....

We have Michael's and Hobby Lobby. Lol

[kiwican]

And its cold in the winter too!

[Tugadude]

I dig the darker one but love the interior of the first one.  Cool stuff.

[ldgood]

I love the red on the inside, very cool.

[Youri]

Vov I like that slpatter idea! Decent handmade:)

[Sofaspud]

In my experience that distance splattered dye travels is proportional to how much you like the shirt you're wearing. I'll bet I'm not the only one here who has converted a favorite shirt to a work shirt.  

Seriously, I really like the look you obtained by combining the splattered cover with the elegant interior. Really nice work.

[billybopp]

Marbling isn't all that hard, and can be done with leather.  It's pretty much about using something to make water gel, such as carrageenan, gum trag, and other ingredients.  You then float a dye or paint on top and make patterns with it, then lay paper, leather, or whatever media on top let it absorb the dye/paint and pull it off.   Check out this video by goodsjapan marbling leather.

Bill

[Stetson912]

I never knew there was such a product. I know paper marblers use carrageenan but the mix is a lot thinner. I understand it has to be thick to support the leather. I wonder if there is a way to use a looser mix that you can skim and reuse? 

[stormcrow]

4 hours ago, billybopp said:

Marbling isn't all that hard, and can be done with leather.  It's pretty much about using something to make water gel, such as carrageenan, gum trag, and other ingredients.  You then float a dye or paint on top and make patterns with it, then lay paper, leather, or whatever media on top let it absorb the dye/paint and pull it off.   Check out this video by goodsjapan marbling leather.

Bill

That video is very interesting I'll have to give that a go sometime 

[cjartist]

Cool video.  But at $15.99 for the gel powder, there has to be a cheaper way.  Perhaps the carageenan is less.  I was watching other videos and came across Suminigashi.  That is something I would love to work out for leather.  The technique does not use thickened water though so it might be harder to work out.