Gretchen and Garrett Dixon

Profile

Our primary area of interest is western European and American marbling from the 16^th through the 19^th centuries. We have researched extensively the chemically altered patterns of the late 18^th and early to mid 19^th centuries: Shell, Stormont, Tiger-eye, Schrotel, Broken and others. Our paints are prepared as they would have been in the 19^th century, and are designed to match the pigments used during those times.

Vita

We are self-taught marblers with a combined 20-year experience in marbling paper.

Offer

Marbled papers, particularly historical reproductions; hand-made marbling paints

Courses & Workshops

• Private instruction
• Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh: Watercolor marbling, fabric marbling
• North Bennett Street School, Boston: Watercolor marbling demonstration, historical patterns

References

The Newberry Library, Norma Rubovits Collection of Decorated Paper, Chicago. Illinois

Literature & Press

• International Decorated Paper: Beyond the Sample Book. Hamburg: Buntpapierverlag, 2007.