Hand printed flag for Independence Day

A hand pulled American flag inspired gelatin print today in honor of the 4th of July Independence Day here in the USA.  To create this

Hand Printed Monotype

• I used to index cards to make my masking stencils
• the index cards had the perfect number of lines to get 7 red stripes
• I marked the rows that should print red and cut them out
• I put a couple strips of tape on the edge to hold the card together
• the photo shows you the two masking stencils on the right side
• and the 2 gelatin prints that I hand printed on the left

I don’t usually plan and think out my gelatin prints and layers.  But this was kind of fun to do today.

You would think by now I would know that things get reversed when printing on the gelatin plate, but no.  The first print that I pulled was backwards.   Aaahhhh it was only an index card and it now has potential to be something else, something magenta but not an American flag.