The Marbling Trough

Paint floated on a thickened size and drawn into figures with a comb — the technique behind the endpapers of old bindings. Every stroke is an invertible map, so the sheet is resolved backwards and is exact at any size. Press Space to float a fresh trough.

Nonpareil · 90 drops

Pattern

Nonpareil

Drops floated

Size

Kintsugi Gold

Draw through the trough.

Drag a line to pull the paint along a tine. Each gesture is an invertible stroke saved in the recipe. Up to 24 strokes keep the sheet responsive.

Operation recipe

{
  "state": {
    "seed": 1420,
    "drops": 90,
    "spread": 0.1,
    "comb": "nonpareil",
    "teeth": 0.11,
    "pull": 0.12
  },
  "strokes": [],
  "palette": [
    "#0b101e",
    "#d4af37",
    "#8a6520",
    "#c9a55a",
    "#4a9e6e",
    "#5cb87e",
    "#b8704a"
  ]
}

Keep one. Try another.

Pin a plate before changing the controls. Each pin keeps its own recipe and lighting context.

Specimen name

Carry this specimen into another tool

The image travels locally in this tab with its source recipe. This is a flattened plate: the destination does not recreate fluid motion or convert material coefficients.

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