#marbler

[gynoidpoet]

GET MIYAMOTO ON THE PHONE!!

[the-marbler]

hello there!

would you like a sticker? I have many, perhaps you can pick. unless a star sticker is alright with you?

• sticker anon

H- huh- ah! Oh, hello there, my friend!

A sticker would be.. quite nice, yes. I don't mind a simple star, it's a classic.

Thank you dearly. If I sit still, you could reach through and place it on the side of my glasses.

*He leans forward, holding as still as he can.*

[darkopsiian]

Character Gif Icons for Artfight/Toyhouse (maybe if i remember (i won't))

[brianshood]

hello friend

[mister-a-z-fell]

You might already have seen this videograph elsewhere, but I was rather excited to add this particular book to my collection! One of only twenty-four copies, I feel deeply privileged to be able to share it with you all.

Not only is the story itself very special to me (and worryingly accurate in many respects), it is most gloriously and skilfully bound, and contained in a burr oak box with brass fittings, lined with hand-marbled paper of celestial blue, and illustrated by that marvel of portraiture, Mister Paul Kidby.

Within the box are an assortment of ephemera, some of which are pictured below.

(And yes, I can read the alien ‘penalty notice’.)

[theelmoarchive]

OKAY I AM ALREADY WORKING ON A THING AFTER THE NEW SECRET LIFE EPISODE BUT HAVE A WATCHER GRIAN FOR NOW CAUSE IM STILL UNNORMAL.

GHHH

[new-law]

various misc. characters i felt like drawing

[lollbytes]

Marblers doodles! Marblers is basically my cute lil concept where marblers are based on marbler races—that are racers, inspired by aldgoo marbler races and marble blast in general…basically they fight again corruption and there’s a lot of world building stuff…I wish I could work on marblers more but I’m moving away from drawing glorified stickfigures to try to improve my art but I generally love these babies so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[askholycouncillor]

(\___/) Ɛ(◕ . ◕)3 ____/ \ /____|__)___)

ignore the fact i accidentally frogot to anon

What is the point of this. That is a nice creature, yes, but what is the point.

[v2askblog]

My deepest gratitude to thee, V2, for the bread. Even if it is futile, I do enjoy a meal or snack every now and then.

*I place something in your hands; you can already guess what it is. The small glass ball is brown, with lighter and darker shades running horizontally across its circumference, resembling that of a sedimentary rock.*

Hey, it's no problem. I might not have to eat food but I know pretty much everyone else does, so. Enjoy.

This marbles really pretty, as always. I'll put it with the clear one... wherever I put it...

[the-collector-anonymous]

Indeed, the Marbler cracked something,

And in turn, the marble has shattered.

I fear it may... ruin some things.

I merely seek knowledge,

Knowledge of what was, and what is now.

Do you wish to help, perhaps?

~Seer Anon~

The Marbler is in trouble? oh dear, of course I'll help. Dearest Marbler is so kind, I couldn't sit still when something's happened to them. What must you know, dear seer?

[uwmspeccoll]

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.

View more Marbled Monday posts here.

-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager

[finalfrontierpublishing]

For Gladness of You by kariye

tis I, emerging from the depths to release a book into the wild -- ok, no i am lying i sent this book out in April (which was late, terrible of me)

In March 2024, I participated in the @renegadeguild California Mini-Exchange (CAME). as some people might know - i am one of the original interlopers in the server granted i don't actually live in california, but i was promoted to Asia Ambassador status when i visited last year in July.

For the exchange, I very gloriously got @mourningmountainsbindery as my partner for the exchange who i was excited to bind for, but I struggled a little in making this book as my house has been in a state of perpetual crisis until I officially move in November end of this year. This is sadly put my bookbinding on a backburner and I have been rather slow at it (my pace so far has been something like 3 books over 6 months, which is terrible).

Ultimately, I selected the fic because it's one of my favourites in the AOS fandom, and I love its use of non-linear storytelling.

Some stats as usual:

51055 words || 164 pages

body text: liberation serif 11 point

i had previously typeset this fic in word last year and I had really wanted to update the cover design. i've been leaning more into using paper and fabrics to tell a story, and i liked being able to use the different coloured papers to represent the coloured stones featured in the fic. I also painted the edges with liquid graphite, waxed and burnished them to make them shiny. i did a (largely failed) experiment to speckle the edges but mostly gave up as it was too messy to really do indoors. Some papers are from mamor papierie, and another is obtained from a marbler in India from etsy.

Endbands are made of silk, though i'd probably lean into thinner silk for smaller books in the future.

This book also features the second cut-out i've ever made, which i abused my cricut into doing it for me. Guess who found out that it's almost impossible to centralize the cut if you've precut the board already to size.

(Me, that's who.)

Despite the whinging, I do like how cut-outs work and will probably use them more in the future.

Anyway I CAME!!!!!

[darkopsiian]

Have you made/do you have any plans to make Amazing Digital Circus fanart?

at some point I do aim too. here's my OC for it, in the meantime

his name is Marbler and he can't see.

[curiouscatalog]

From: Sumner, James and Wolfe, Richard J. The Mysterious Marbler. North Hills, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press, 1976.

Z271.3.M37 S86 1976

[the-collector-anonymous]

You're- in danger, dear Marbler? You seem hopeful though, mightn't there be something I could do, dear marbler? I worry for you, for what you may be facing.

Hello... Convarllaria, like the flower? *I attempt to pet the cat*

Marbler? I heard tell something's happened to you, are you alright?

- The Collector

*I scramble to my knees from the uncomfortable laying position I was just in, the cat in my arms meowing in annoyed protest of my sudden shift.*

A- ah! collector, hello!

*I can't help the hopeful smile on my face, my tired eyes shimmering differently.*

I, uh... I'm not doing alright in the slightest, to be quite honest. I can't leave, and I am living in constant fear of what may happen next.

But for now, I have this lovely, adorable, amazing cat...

*I trail off, taking a moment to hug the feline, before continuing.*

..whom I've named Convallaria.