Marbled Cotton Banner Kit

Explore the fine art of textile & leather marbling with artist and educator Natalie Stopka in this premium, fluid art workshop. With over a decade of marbling experience and an extensive knowledge of the chemistry and artistry behind the craft, Natalie introduces advanced techniques including lettering, creating negative space, and sealing our final projects. 

In this workshop, Natalie teaches us the setup, design, and printing process as we create one-of-a-kind tea towels, napkins, celebration bunting, and leather coasters. We learn the importance of chemical compositions and the art of pattern making through marbling and ‘overmarbling’. 

This workshop includes: 

• A complete marbling kit with materials to make assorted fabric and leather home goods
• A detailed digital workshop led by Natalie Stopka
• A Maker Chat Q&A with the artist

The tools & materials included in this workshop:

• Carrageenan, 2oz
• Aluminum sulfate, 2oz
• Photo Flo, 2oz
• GAC 900 fabric medium, 8oz
• Handmade maple marbling rake
• Large, deep marbling tray
• Fluid acrylic paint in the following colors, 1oz each: titan green pale, ultra marine blue, quinacridone red, yellow ochre, and chromium oxide green
• High Flow acrylic paint in the following colors, 1oz each: fluorescent pink, fluorescent chartreuse, carbon black, and chromium oxide green
• Robert Kaufman Kona® Cotton fabric in bleach white, 1yd
• Six round leather coasters
• Six classic cotton napkins in white, 20 x 20"
• Two cotton flour sack kitchen towels, 28 x 28"
• Silk fabric, 1yd 
• Painter’s blue masking tape, 22.2yds
• Mixing container, 2.5qts
• Ten newsprint sheets, 11 x 17"
• Natural jute twine, 66ft
• Hand-sewing needle
• Three graduated eye droppers, 3mL
• Six clear round plastic jars with white cap, 4oz
• Two plastic drop cloths
• Four pairs of nitrile gloves

Gather from home: 

• Whisk, tablespoon, scissors, apron, straight edge, pencil, stylus (toothpick/skewer/awl), bottled spring water
• Drying rack or line with a dropcloth beneath
• Iron and ironing board
• Optional: stiff bristled brushes

Personalize a pre-made linen and cotton blend pouch with your own one-of-a-kind marbled design. Our custom pre-made pouches are lined and each features a black & brass sturdy zipper. This bundle is an add-on for the Fabric & Leather Marbling Premium Workshop with Natalie Stopka and includes extra marbling powders. In the original workshop, Natalie shares how to prepare the marbling tray, mix paints, and explores techniques for manipulating designs to print on fabric and leather.

This listing includes: 

• Hand-sewn linen & cotton blend zippered pouch, 11 x 8” 
• Carrageenan, 1oz
• Aluminum sulfate, 1oz

Our linen pouches are sewn in Temecula, California.

Note: This listing is intended to accompany Natalie Stopka’s Fabric & Leather Marbling Premium Workshop. Purchasing this add-on listing by itself will not allow access to Natalie's digital workshop or include all the materials in the original workshop.

Learn more about the details of this project on Natalie Stopka’s Featured Maker Page.

We've partnered with a sewist to bring a classic linen & cotton pillow sham to our exploration of fine art marbling. Create a custom 12x20" lumbar pillow for your home -- perfect for layering on a cozy bed, window seat or your favorite chair. This bundle is an add-on for our Fabric & Leather Marbling Premium Workshop with Natalie Stopka and includes extra marbling powders. In the original workshop, Natalie shares how to prepare the marbling tray, mix paints, and explores techniques for manipulating designs to print on fabric and leather.

This listing includes:

• Hand-sewn linen & cotton blend lumbar pillow in natural white, 12x20"
• Carrageenan, 1oz
• Aluminum sulfate, 1oz

Our linen shams are sewn in Temecula, California.

Note: This listing is intended to accompany Natalie Stopka’s Fabric & Leather Marbling Premium Workshop. Purchasing this add-on listing by itself will not allow access to Natalie's digital workshop or include all the materials in the original workshop.

Learn more about the details of this project on Natalie Stopka’s Featured Maker Page.

Create an elegant, marbled wallet with a magnetic snap closure, rivets, and vegetable-tanned leather. This is an add-on to the Fabric & Leather Marbling Premium Workshop with Natalie Stopka. This bundle includes access to a digital class with Ellie Lum, founder of Klum House. Ellie shares how to assemble the wallet, set rivets, and set a magnetic snap closure. Upon purchase, find your workshop video in your Workshop Gallery.

The materials in our leather wallet kit:

• Leather tan wallet
  • Pre-cut and hole-punched tan leather wallet piece 
  • Seven small double-cap rivets in brass
  • Magnetic snap in brass, 14mm
  • Written instructions
  • Access to detailed digital class on how to assemble the wallet
• Washi tape in black, 10yds
• Carrageenan, 1oz
• Aluminum sulfate, 1oz

Required tool:

• This project will require a dot anvil (not included here) or hard surface to set the rivets. Holes are pre-punched, so a drive punch is not needed. If you joined us for Leather Belt Bag Workshop with Ellie Lum, a dot anvil was provided in the kit.

Note: This listing is intended to accompany Natalie Stopka’s Fabric & Leather Marbling Premium Workshop. Purchasing this add-on listing by itself will not allow access to Natalie's digital workshop or include all the materials in the original workshop.

Learn more about the details of this project on Natalie Stopka’s Featured Maker Page.

Experiment with jewel tone acrylic paints in your paper marbling. This is an add-on for the Paper Marbling Workshop and Fabric & Leather Marbling Premium Workshop, both with Natalie Stopka. The bundle includes hues of pine green, gray, violet, and buff. In the original workshops, Natalie shares how to prepare the marbling tray, mix paints, and explores techniques for manipulating designs.

This listing includes:

• Acrylic paint in the following colors:
  • Viridian Green Hue, 1oz
  • Payne’s Gray, 1oz
  • Quinacridone Violet, 1oz
  • Titan Buff, 1oz

Note: This listing is intended to accompany Natalie Stopka’s Paper Marbling Workshop and Fabric & Leather Marbling Premium Workshop. Purchasing this add-on listing by itself will not allow access to Natalie's digital workshop or include all the materials in the original workshop.

Learn more about the details of this project on Natalie's Featured Maker Page.