Marmor Paperie
Paper marbling
Contact
London
England
SE8 3DZ
About
Marmor Paperie was launched in 2015 by Lucy McGrath with the hope of breathing a new life into the traditional art of paper marbling. Seeing shops saturated with mass-produced stationery, she wanted to herald a return to quality workmanship and give people back the joy of owning something truly special. Lucy’s marbling is characterised by a fresh, contemporary colour palette and patterns that celebrate the fluid qualities of the water base. Every marbled paper is different, so each item made from them is a completely unique piece.
Lucy studied Illustration at the University of Brighton, UK, where she discovered bookbinding and started collecting beautiful antique fine bindings with beautiful marbled paper hiding in the endpapers. Her curiosity about these beautiful papers lead her first to Turkey, where marbling originates and where she participated in her first marbling workshop – and then, back in the UK, to a more intensive class with British traditional marbler Victoria Hall. Lucy then started practising and refining her style, reaching a point where she felt ready to offer her work for sale.
After winning the Arts Society/Cockpit Arts Award in 2016, Lucy joined craft incubator Cockpit Arts in south London, where she marbles every product by hand. She published her first book, ‘Contemporary Paper Marbling’, in 2019. Her stationery and giftware has been stocked in luxury retailers including Liberty, Selfridges and Fortnum & Mason, and she has worked with clients including Acqua di Parma, Molton Brown and Adidas.
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