We report the manufacture of complex structures of silica, coal or sphalerite particles around a water droplet, driven by an electrostatic field. A particle bed was deposited on an electrically biased substrate and an earthed water drop brought close, such that the particles jumped to the drop. These structures' shape and internal composition were determined by a combination of the particles' wettability and electrical properties, and other attributes such as shape, size and density were also thought to play a role. Hydrophilic particles tend to be internalised by the drop, while hydrophobic ones tend to form a layer or shell on the surface. Thus, one example of these structures was a 'complex liquid marble', with a hydrophilic particle suspension core and a stabilising shell of hydrophobic particles. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.