Jemma Lewis began her career at a traditional bookbinder in Bath. There she fell in love with the marbled papers used in the bindery and set about learning this craft. She studied with the doyenne of paper marbling Ann Muir. At Jemma’s studio marbling follows a tradition going back hundreds of years. A tray is filled with water and a ‘size’ made from a powdered Carrageenan, a substance derived from an Irish seaweed. Paint is expertly flicked onto the jelly-like surface and teased using a stylus, or combed with rakes with hundreds of fine needles. The result is traditionally produced paper with a 21st century twist – where bright, dramatic colour palettes are often combined with metallic paints.
Jemma Lewis
