Power People Prints - Linda Germain

I decided that Power People would be my printmaking theme for this year. This one is from a photo of my nephew. You can find the tutorial on how I made the stencil for gelatin printmaking at this blog post.

People Prints and Silhouettes

I am amazed that a little detail in a silhouette can make such a big difference. The human eye can detect so much! This gelatin print:

Is printed on an index card
Has a scrappy clean up background
I used a tile sample to make the square marks
I lifted off and stamped on those square marks
I used the Pre-ink the stencil method to get a strong impression of the figure.

What is a scrappy clean up background?

Ahhhh. Well I use a lot of newsprint pickups in my work to clean the gelatin plate of unwanted ink. See the full post here. Sometimes I do these pick ups with print paper. Often this clean up, piece of paper has fabulous marks and becomes a print of its own, as was the case here.

Cut up your Gelatin, Play and Freeze

When I am finished with a workshop or have an extra gelatin plate that I won’t be using for a week or more I freeze it! That way is does not mold and I can reuse it.

Here is a pile of gelatin ready to be frozen.