Marbling Accessories

Ebru relies on a long list of small tools, and the work is noticeably harder without them. This collection covers everything that supports the main materials.

Ox gall is the one nothing replaces — it adjusts the surface tension of the bath and controls how each colour spreads against the last. Odourless ox gall is available for those working in enclosed spaces.

Alongside it: pipettes for dropping paint and gall onto the bath, mixing jars, stylus sets for drawing floral and figurative patterns, turpentine, anti-bacterial additives that extend the life of prepared size, and drying racks for finished sheets. Gum arabic is used in akkase marbling, and a grinding stone for working up pigments by hand.