Water-marbled silk scarves take three days from start to finish...the paint swirling is the FUN part, but that only accounts for about 5% of the time spent making these! Why so long? I have to prep the water bath for my marbling trays 24 hours in advance; pre-wash, pre-treat, and iron the scarves; mix and test paints for proper dispersion and flotation; allow 24 hours for drying and paint curing; and lastly heat-set the colors to make the scarves colorfast (and hand-washable...yay!). Here's some snaps taken in August, 2017 in my Laguna Beach studio...