Pietro Accardi Bio

Pietro learned paper marbling more than 30 years ago in Italy, thanks to a German marbling kit that was donated to him. He is self taught— meaning that he has learnt from millions of trials and errors. During his youth in Italy, Pietro had a lot of space in the family printing press for his first messy experiments. It was love at first sight!

When graduating from a Graphic Arts Program the subject of his graduation thesis was about applying scientific color theory in paper marbling. He started using his marbled paper when working with the restoration of books for libraries. Pietro loves to teach. He freely shares all the “secrets” of the trade. In return he is gifted back from his students and continues learning.