Sculptural bookend in marble

Last spring, following 15 years as a prop stylist, Morgan Levine branched out into marbleized dishware, which she handmakes using slab-building and pottery-wheel techniques in Brooklyn, New York. “My work is slipware, meaning that I create patterns using colored liquid clays called slips,” she explains. Every one-of-a-kind piece is a record of the maker’s gesture and the slip’s fleeting fluidity, with unpredictable organic shapes and subtle layers of color.

Follow these steps to make marble paper—and colorful works of art—using basic household supplies.

In this fun tutorial, I show you how to make a pretty paper plant with gorgeous, marbled leaves.

Arlo | Made Goods

Unfortunately for Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, perhaps the most truly timeless thing to come from their 2014 Italian nuptials was the Carrara marble accents they reportedly special-ordered to create a bespoke piano, grand table, and 10 nude statue decorations.