Method of decorating material
OwnerMichael G. Mitchellinventor
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Abstract
A method of decorating material for example paper consists of superimposing one marbled pattern on top of another marbled pattern. The marbled patterns are produced by floating and combining marbling ink on the surface of a bath of size solution. The upper marbled pattern consists of linear regions of ink formed by interspersing ink with transparent expanding agent on the surface of the size bath so that the ink is confined by the compressive effect of the expanding agent, thus the pattern is in outline only. The ink and expanding agent are applied to the surface of the size bath using a specially constructed frame comb.
Claims7
A method of decorating material including the steps of applying at least once to several points simultaneously of the surface of a volume of liquid medium colored marbling ink to form a first pattern of ink on the surface of the volume of liquid medium consisting of continuous areas of color, bringing material into contact with said surface to transfer the ink of the first pattern to the material, allowing the first pattern to dry, applying at least once to several points simultaneously on the surface of a clean volume of liquid medium in turn marbling ink and a transparent expanding agent so that the expanding agent displaces at least some of the ink on the clean volume of liquid medium and forms a second pattern on the surface of the liquid medium in which the ink is confined by the expanding agent to substantially linear regions, and bringing the material having the first pattern thereon into contact with the surface of the liquid medium to transfer the ink of the second pattern to the material whereby the first and second patterns are superimposed and the first pattern consists of continuous areas of color and the second of separated thin linear bands.
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