Gelatin Printing on slippery paper

©linda germain 2012
gelatin print on slippery paper

So I learned to love freezer paper from a student I had up at Haystack, Catherine Worthington.  She shared that it was one of her favorite studio tools.  We used it to make masking stencils for gelatin printing.  That got me to thinking.  What if I printed right onto slippery paper?  What would the ink do?  What would the marks look like?  How would the ink layer?    I happened to have a pile of slippery card stock that I got from EXCL in Lynn.  So I started to play and I ended up with some happy surprises.  The paper creates surprising holes and dots and marks.  It also releases some of the ink back on to the gelatin plate. So if you think it then TRY IT!  Happy printing

 

©linda germain 2012 gelatin plate monotype on slippery paper
gelatin print on slippery paper by linda germain ©2012