Meet the artist:
The Marbled Paper Artistry of Renato Crepaldi
Brazilian artist Renato
Crepaldi has built on his experience and superb craftsmanship to produce
elegant
marbled
papers that are truly
works of art. The marble designs are based on historical patterns and
ancient techniques reminiscent of the 18th and 19th century and are
combined with
modern materials to create papers that are sophisticated and unique
in appearance. Nature is the inspiration for the palette of colors used. Earth
and iron oxide based pigments are
ever present in his papers along with metallic gold, copper, and bronze.
A specialty of Renato is the technique of marbling over dark colored
papers, especially black, where a distinctive manipulation
of the marbling size and color is required to ensure the vibrancy of
the colors in the final product. |
