Brian Clegg

Process

• Fill sink/bowl with cold water

• Apply selected range of colours to the surface of the water

• Tear paper into A3, or a size that the sink/bowl will accomodate

• Carefully “dip” the A3 sheets through the water once (it is possible to dip a second sheet of paper from one sink of water and ink)

• Change the water and the inks/colours, and repeat, using a clean sheet of paper

• Allow papers plenty of time to dry - overnight

• Identify bold simple design - a sketch or photograph

• Make a tracing of the main elements of the design

• Transfer image to either side of the dried marbled sheets

• Carefully cut out traced design (it is possible to cut multiple sheets together to make a repeat pattern)

• Prior to gluing, arrange the cut pieces to form your preferred design on a clean sheet of pre-stretched cartridge

• Apply glue thoroughly to the back of the cut pieces and fix to the paper

• In addition, it is possible to use some of the off-cuts to extend or embellish the design, or to construct a 2D frame (see example)

Process

With the addition of some torn or cut strips for the "warp" it is possible to use the off-cuts from the Collage project above as the "weft" to produce this weaving;

• Fill sink/bowl with cold water

• Apply selected range of colours to the surface of the water

• Tear paper into A3, or a size that the sink/bowl will accommodate

• Carefully “dip” the A3 sheets through the water (it is possible to take two dips from one sink of water and ink) 

• Change the water and the inks/colours, and repeat, using a clean sheet of paper

• Allow papers plenty of time to dry - overnight

• Cut or tear strips to make up the “warp”

• Glue the strips, at one end only, onto a heavy sheet of paper, to produce a loose open-ended “warp” 

• Using the off-cuts from the Collage project, or any newly created torn or cut shapes, begin to weave the “weft” 

• A interesting effect can be created when the “weft” is constructed by introducing irregular intervals between the “warp” strands

• Glue the open ends of the “warp” strands to secure the weave