Descriptions and Glossary

Color Families

As all items are handmade, no two will be exactly alike, and the value and intensity may vary. Combos are based on the predominant colors in the design, and normally includes a contrasting family hue.

Warm Combos include red, yellow, orange hues

Cool Combos include green, blue, purple hues

Earthtones include brown, white, black hues

Inclusions List:

Junk Mail:
from grocery store sale ads to credit card offers, shredded, blended and pulled.

Kitchen Scraps:
such things as onion skins, coffee grounds, parsley and chives, anything but meat and dairy.

Sewing Scraps:
thread, fabric scraps, ribbons, lace, even some marbled scraps.

Yard Trimmings:
grass clippings, dandelions, clover. Anything that gets trimmed, pruned or pulled is a prime
candidate for the pulp vat.

Rose Petals:
just because they're beautiful, work well as inclusions, and nearly everyone asks for them!

Wild flower seeds:
Just rip into pieces and plant in your garden! Place under thin layer of soil and keep moist.

Plant Fibers:

Day Lily
Chopped, boiled, beaten, and blended day lily flower stems, hand-pulled with okra juice as formation aid.

Blue Day Lily w/thistledown
Chopped, boiled, beaten, dyed, and blended day lily flower stems, with thistledown thrown in the vat before hand-pulling sheets

Blue Day Lily w/thistledown and marigold
Chopped, boiled, beaten, dyed, and blended day lily flower stems, with thistledown and marigold petals and seeds thrown in the vat before hand-pulling sheets. Seeds may grow if paper is soaked and placed under a thin layer of soil and kept moist.

Prairie Grass
Chopped, boiled, beaten, and blended prairie grass stems, leaves, seeds, probably even some roots, hand-pulled with okra juice as formation aid.

Pure Rose Petals
Lightly boiled and lightly blended rose petals, with additional fresh rose petals thrown in the vat before hand-pulling sheets

Marbling Designs and Colors

Traditional Patterns: loosely interpreted traditional combing patterns, various colors.

Earth Mother: An earthy combination of russet, brown, and black on a white shirt.

Goddess Design: Silhouette of the female form against a combed pattern, various colors.

Sunset Beach: Colors of the sunset are sprinkled through the blue and brown tones and looks like a beach sunset.

Forest Canopy: Shades of blue peep from between shades of green and streaks of black appearing to be a forest canopy with blue skies overhead.

Spider Web: A feather design is interrupted with a spider web-like design.

Stones Pattern: A multitude of circular shapes and meandering veins gives this pattern the look of real stone.

Marbled Clothing Care Instructions

Marbled fabrics may be dry-cleaned or hand-washed without scrubbing. Just soak in a soap and water solution for a few minutes, do not wring out. Hang on a line to dry and iron on the wrong side when completely dry. Never machine wash. The design is durable, but it is still a surface design and may fade a bit if machine washed or scrubbed.