Gelatin Printing a great way to try out printmaking

I love that gelatin printmaking makes printmaking accessible to folks who:

don’t have a printing press
have little experience
want to explore printmaking at home

You can see the basic moves in this short video.

On October 14th, at the Museum of Printing in Haverhill, MA, I will be teaching a full day gelatin printmaking class. This is a great opportunity to try out the method without having to buy all the tools first.

I will provide all that you need to explore gelatin printmaking for the day.

Check out the gelatin printing workshop details and join us for this full day on location course.

We will use:

water based ink
gelatin and glycerin plate
stencils, like the ferns above
paper stencils and
found stencils like feather
stamping tools to lift and apply ink
drawing paper

You will have plenty of time to explore and experiment. I hope to see you on October 14th at the Museum of Printing. Claim your space today – click here for details and to register.

This is a palette with some ink and brayers ready for printing with the gelatin plate.

This image shows the 2 basic styles of impressions that you can make with stencils and stamping tools and the gelatin plate. On the right is the dark blue “shaped impression”. It is the shape to the grasses in white. I call the print on the left, the detailed impression. This is because it captures the details that the grass made in the ink.

And these are all made quite quickly with mere hand pressure.

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