#Harvesting Color

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Marbled Monday

This week's book contains a veritable smorgasbord of marbling! This is Harvesting Color: The Year in a Marbler's Workshop by British marbling master Ann Muir (1939-2008). Published by Incline Press in 1999 in an edition of 250 copies, the book contains a third of a sheet of 12 marbled paper designs, each representing a month of the year. All of the paper, including that for the cover (which matches the month of April), was marbled by Muir. The sketches of cats are also by Muir.

The patterns included in the book are each meant to evoke elements of the their corresponding months. They are shown in order here except for April, which is shown here on the cover of the book. There is a wide variety in the patterns—some are combed patterns while others are swirled with a stylus. Some are Turkish while others are Spanish moiré. The examples demonstrate the breadth of possibility in marbling and Muir's own mastery of the art.

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-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager

[ryllen]

color coded affection

[juliamstarr]

Peaches 8.29.22

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[chasingrainbowsforever]

"Tomato Rainbow” ~ By Carmel Bella Farm

[wailingrock]

Lil mukumuku painting doodle 🍄👌

[hermitshell]

pearl should win the award for most sun-coded moon character

[dreamsofnxtseason]

[nemfrog]

Cucumber harvest. Burrell's better seeds. 1948.

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[kinokoshoujoart]

triple baka

[vic-does-battlecats]

If I throw a bunch of hats in the ring surely one of them has to fit right

Featuring the three recolors of one design cause I like them all

[dunyun-rings]

New year, new pinned post 🪴

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[thats-rough-buddy04]

Literally love them, let me have what they have

[nonalillie]

[i-am-arobazzz]

i just love that head canon (from @ alienssstuff) that each series happens in a different season (from fall in TL to summer in 24L) it also felt like it matched the winners somehow, so yeah have a fanart about it :)

[happyheidi]