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6:07 am Mon
Jan 2, 2017
Paper marbling is alive and well at Oberlin College's Letterpress Studio. Alex Fox filmed his friend Jones Pitsker demonstrating a couple of techniques.
Here's a lovely feather pattern:
Jones has an Etsy shop called AmericanMarble if you'd like to see more or want to commission something. And here's a vintage film Rob found last year if you want to see more.
• Jones Pitsker: Bouquet Marble Pattern (YouTube / Alex Fox)
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We're no strangers to the delights of the rude drawings that monks doodled in the margins of medieval manuscripts around here (1, 2, 3), but University of Bonn medievialist Erik Wade's epic Twitter thread on the astonishing variety of snail-doodles is genuinely next-level.
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