White Marble Powder | 1kg - Lippan Art, Pottery & Texture

Marble powder is the base most Lippan artists mix their own paste from, and a kilogram goes a long way. It is a fine white mineral powder that blends with white glue, water or acrylic medium into a smooth workable paste, then dries hard and takes paint. Mix it thin for a smooth ground or thick for raised relief.

Specifications

Ideal For

• Lippan and mud mirror artists
• Mixed media and texture painters
• Potters and sculptors extending a clay body
• Anyone mixing their own relief paste

Perfect for

• Lippan art relief and cone work
• Raised texture grounds on canvas and MDF
• Mandala and dot art bases
• Filler and body in acrylic texture mixes
• Home made modelling and moulding pastes

Compatibility

Works with: white craft glue, water, acrylic binders and mediums, MDF, canvas, wood and wall surfaces.

Pairs well with: Lippan mirrors, Lippan art materials, acrylic paints and a piping cone or palette knife.

Not suitable for: use as a paste on its own, since it needs a binder, and for anything that will be soaked or left outdoors unsealed.

How to Use

1. Start with the binder in a bowl, white glue or an acrylic medium, and add the powder a spoon at a time.
2. Mix until it holds a soft peak for cone work, or looser for spreading with a knife.
3. Test the mix on a scrap first. Too much powder cracks as it dries and too little slumps.
4. Work in thin layers for deep relief, letting each one firm up before the next.
5. Let it dry hard, then sand lightly and paint.

Before You Buy

• This is a raw powder, not a ready paste. It does nothing without a binder such as white glue or an acrylic medium.
• Mix ratios vary with the binder and the job, so test on a scrap before you commit a panel.
• Fine powder becomes airborne easily. Mix it slowly and keep the room ventilated.
• Too rich a powder mix cracks as it dries. Add binder rather than water if a mix feels short.
• One kilogram is a working quantity. Store it sealed and dry.

You will Need

• Lippan art materials
• Lippan mirrors

You may also like

• acrylic paints
• mandala dotting tools
• craft glue and adhesives

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I mix marble powder with?
White craft glue is the usual choice for Lippan work, and an acrylic medium or plain water with a binder works for texture grounds. The powder needs something to bind it, on its own it stays a powder.

Can I use this instead of ready made Lippan paste?
Yes, that is the main reason people buy it. Mixing your own is cheaper per panel and lets you set the thickness yourself, at the cost of a test batch or two to get the ratio right.

Does it dry hard enough to paint?
Once mixed with a binder and fully dry, yes. Sand it lightly and acrylic paint sits on it well.