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| Gelli Plate by Gelli ARTS |
I have had the Gelli plate for a while and have not experimented with it much yet. I always offer it to my students to try out and many really like it. Today I cut a framing mat as described by Mark Evans in his blog. I have a 6 x 6 inch Gelli plate for gelatin printing, so I cut a 5 inch opening. That way the mat could stick to the plate. I used the speedball water based block printing inks for this series of gelatin monotype prints.
I notice every time I change something in my process of making gelatin prints it affects everything.
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| ©2012 linda germain 5″ x 5″ gelatin plate print |
So I looked for a few of my smaller stencils and started to play. Working square was a new factor too. But it was nice to have a plate ready for printing. In the gelatin print above, I used my pre-ink the stencil method to get the darker impressions.
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| ©2012 linda germain gelatin plate monotype print |
Next time I am going to try some Daniel Smith water soluble inks. Happy Printing!
Quick video on the basics of gelatin printmaking
Gelatin printing artist trading cards – a short video
48 second slideshow of gelatin prints by linda germain and why she loves it.
Or Take the next gelatin printing workshop