{"id":4198,"date":"2014-04-02T14:13:46","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T19:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/blog\/?p=4198"},"modified":"2015-03-02T13:25:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T18:25:08","slug":"pitch-perfect-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2014\/04\/pitch-perfect-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitch perfect color"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marbling_acrylic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4199\" title=\"Marbled paper by Regina St. John. Photo by Maggie Holtzberg\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marbling_acrylic.jpg\" alt=\"Marbled paper by Regina St. John. Photo by Maggie Holtzberg\" width=\"450\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marbling_acrylic.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marbling_acrylic-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 85vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Genie and Dan St. John\u00a0run  <a href=\"http:\/\/chenarivermarblers.com\" target=\"_blank\">Chena River Marblers <\/a>in the Massachusetts&#8217; Pioneer Valley, a region known for book arts. Working out of a home studio, they produce stunning marbled patterns on paper and silk. \u00a0The marbled paper is used by book binders and paper artists, the silk in the making of scarves and\u00a0ties.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The process of marbling is almost magical.\u00a0 (fitting then, that Regina goes by the nickname \u201cGenie\u201d)<span style=\"color: #000000;\">. <\/span>A bath of water and a thickening agent, such as carrageenan (dried seaweed) is prepared, onto which droplets of paint are applied. Genie explains that it is the thickened liquid that allows the paint to float on the surface.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marblers_Genie1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Regina St. John. Photo by New England Guild of Book Workers\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marblers_Genie1.jpg\" alt=\"Regina St. John. Photo by New England Guild of Book Workers\" width=\"194\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marblers_Dan-holding-sheet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4223\" title=\"Dan holding sheet of marbled paper\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marblers_Dan-holding-sheet.jpg\" alt=\"Dan holding sheet of marbled paper\" width=\"189\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marblers_Dan-holding-sheet.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marblers_Dan-holding-sheet-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 85vw, 189px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You put all these colors on your bath and you manipulate them. Comb them this way and that, and the colors don&#8217;t get mixed up. The pink stays pink, the white stays white, and you end up with these beautiful patterns right on the surface of your bath.&#8221; Next, the image is carefully transferred to an absorbent surface, such as paper or silk.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Genie works mostly using acrylic paints for her silk and paper marbling. Dan points out one of Genie&#8217;s enviable talents, saying, &#8220;Genie has got a perfect pitch for colors.\u201d Complimenting this is\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dan&#8217;s background as a physics and chemistry teacher which gives him a grounding in the chemical makeup of materials and processes. Teachers at heart, they suggest that by using the marbling process, a whole curriculum could be created to explore basic chemical properties, such as viscosity, density, acidity, and surface tension. \u201cJust take the different properties of fiber. Take the chemistry of ligans, which make one organic thing stick to another. That\u2019s why colors stick to a fabric. . .\u201d<\/span> Genie adds, &#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Once they\u2019ve learned all of that, they can use their papers to make books and write it all down.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/marblers_books1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4239\" title=\"books for sale made with marbled paper\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/marblers_books1.jpg\" alt=\"books for sale made with marbled paper\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/marblers_books1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/marblers_books1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 85vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dan builds much of the equipment, including the many different styles of combs, which when pulled through the bath, create unique patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/marblers_combs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Two combs made by Dan\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/marblers_combs.jpg\" alt=\"Two combs made by Dan\" width=\"324\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Because no paint company\u00a0manufactures colors\u00a0specifically for marbling, Chena River Marblers create their own paints (grinding up pigments, adding binders, mulling them together), which allows them\u00a0more control in how the paint will spread on the liquid surface. <\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dan favors the old style marbling; using watercolors, he creates what are called &#8220;tiger eyes.&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Below are some examples which look like images from the natural world.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marblers_tigereye.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4231\" title=\"Dan's tiger eyes seen in asymetric pattern\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marblers_tigereye.jpg\" alt=\"Dan's tiger eyes seen in asymetric pattern\" width=\"405\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marblers_tigereye.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marblers_tigereye-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 85vw, 405px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Tigereyered.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4255\" title=\"Tiger eye with coral background\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Tigereyered.jpg\" alt=\"Tiger eye with coral background\" width=\"360\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Tigereyered.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Tigereyered-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 85vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another technique is called edge marbling, which was more commonly used in the production of 18th and 19th century books. With marbled edges and end sheets, a book\u00a0would end up looking like a piece of marble.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marblers_edge-marbling-of-book1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dan holding a edge marbled book. Photo by Maggie Holtzberg\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marblers_edge-marbling-of-book1.jpg\" alt=\"Dan holding a edge marbled book. Photo by Maggie Holtzberg\" width=\"292\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marblers_dan_edge_marbling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4203\" title=\"Dan St. John edge marbling. Photo courtesy of New England Guild of Book Workers\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marblers_dan_edge_marbling.jpg\" alt=\"Dan St. John edge marbling. Photo courtesy of New England Guild of Book Workers\" width=\"135\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Together, Genie and Dan\u00a0St. John convey a passion for the marbling craft, a facility for teaching, and a dedication\u00a0to passing on the tradition. It&#8217;s our good fortune that they will be demonstrating marbling at the 2014  <a href=\"http:\/\/Lowellfolkfestival.org\" target=\"_blank\">Lowell Folk Festival<\/a>, where the theme of the craft area will be paper traditions.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marbling_greywhite.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4212\" title=\"Old style marbling with lace effect by Dan St. John. Photo by Maggie Holtzberg\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marbling_greywhite.jpg\" alt=\"Old style marbling with lace effect by Dan St. John. Photo by Maggie Holtzberg\" width=\"405\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marbling_greywhite.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marbling_greywhite-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 85vw, 405px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/marblers_redyellow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"More tiger eyes by Dan. Photo by Maggie Holtzberg\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/marblers_redyellow.jpg\" alt=\"More tiger eyes by Dan. Photo by Maggie Holtzberg\" width=\"405\" height=\"318\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genie and Dan St. John\u00a0run Chena River Marblers in the Massachusetts&#8217; Pioneer Valley, a region known for book arts. Working out of a home studio, they produce stunning marbled patterns on paper and silk. \u00a0The marbled paper is used by book binders and paper artists, the silk in the making of scarves and\u00a0ties.\u00a0 The process &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2014\/04\/pitch-perfect-color\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pitch perfect color&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,4,93],"tags":[697,696,171,761,695],"class_list":["post-4198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-craft","category-festivals","category-folk-arts-in-education","tag-book-arts","tag-folk-craft-area","tag-lowell-folk-festival","tag-making-things-by-hand","tag-paper-marbling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pitch perfect color - Keepers of Tradition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2014\/04\/pitch-perfect-color\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pitch perfect color - Keepers of Tradition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Genie and Dan St. John\u00a0run Chena River Marblers in the Massachusetts&#8217; Pioneer Valley, a region known for book arts. 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