Printmaking without a Press – demo at the Haverhill Art Market

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Printmaking without a Press Artist’s Demonstration

  • Linda Germain, mixed media printmaker
  • Haverhill Art Market
  • 90 Washington St
  • June 18th 12 to 5

printmaking without a press demo

Printmaking without a press how is that possible? Actually you are probably very familiar with some printmaking techniques that do not require a press.

Screen printing – everyone has a screen printed t-shirt.

Rubber stamping – This process has be come very familiar to crafters and scrapbooking enthusiasts.

Stenciling – is common. Most of us have seen or used alphabet stencils to make a poster.

A less common process is monotype printing. You will have to come to the Market to see this one!

Come by the Haverhill Artist Market and ask questions, watch demo and maybe even try out one or more of these printmaking without a press techniques.

I will have the tools that I use to make my mixed media prints available and will be giving demos through out the day.

One of my goals is to demystify printmaking and help to make it accessible to everyone. Hope to see you at the Art Market next week.

 

 

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New Gelatin Printmaking Workshop – self study

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You asked for it!

I am happy to deliver a comprehensive 15 lesson self-study of gelatin printmaking with ink, the homemade gelatin and glycerin plate and paper.

 

 

I know that some folks wanted to learn at their own time and pace, so I have re-designed and organized the information and lessons to create a course that guides you through:
  1. Finding supplies
  2. Making the gelatin and glycerin plate
  3. Mastering your inks
  4. Making and discovering tools and
  5. Pulling 100’s of impressions and hopefully
  6. Completing and displaying many beautiful prints

Check out the details on the Printmaking Class page.

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Frogs, fabric fun!

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Right now we are in the middle of the Monoprinting Fabric printmaking course. One of the projects that we do is cover a journal with some of our hand printed fabric.

Monoprinted fabric used to cover an artist book Linda Germain

I love the soft feel of a fabric covered journal. I do my morning pages in a composition style notebook everyday. So I go through a lot of journals.

prep the journal for covering with hand printed fabric

I primed the journal with gesso, so the design on the original cover would not show through the fabric.

hand stitching on the monoprinted fabric

I like to add some simple hand stitching to the fabric before I attach it to the journal.

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Printmaking Inspired by spring blossoms

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I found these delicate little spring blossoms on my way home from the library today. Look at the shape of the petal. So perfect. I am going to do some more stencils based on these gently curving petals

flowers inspiring printmaking

Just yesterday, I cut a few 6 point flowers from some triple folded copy paper. I was pleased with the cutting, but not really a big fan of the shape of the stencil.

kirigami stencil for printing on the gelatin plate

So I cut a rectangular strip of connected flowers and tried printing with them on the glycerin and gelatin plate. Happy with the results. The rectangle is a more familiar shape that will work with my other stash of stencils.

paper stencils printing on fabric with the gel plate

If you want to try cutting some six pointed flowers or snowflake then watch my quick little video. The only tricky part is getting the 60 degree angle of the fold.

Easy 6 point Snowflake from Linda Germain on Vimeo.

Are you new to gelatin printmaking? Do you need the recipe for making the long lasting gelatin and glycerin printing plate?

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Stencils, the gelatin plate and fabric for printing

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I cut another stencil inspired by the Everybody Kirigami book. I cut it on a fold. I used a roll of tape to draw the half circle. Then I made one petal and used it as a template for the other petals. And I used an X-acto knife to cut it out.

abstract flower stencil for printmaking

You know I was impatient and wanted to print with it right away. So I did not take the time to make it strong and durable with lots of coats of mat medium. But it is easy enough to cut a new one for the next project. I used both the masking stencils and the traditional hole stencil.

Masking stencil and hole stencil cut from copy paper for printmaking

I was able to add some blue layers and shapes to some fabric prints that I did last year. I intentionally print off the edge of the fabric and use different size portions of the stencil to create interest.

Monoprint on fabric with the gel plate and stencils

I love how a simple stencil can transform a piece of hand printed fabric. The unique quality about this monoprinting with the gelatin plate process is that it is very fast and spontaneous. This printmaking technique allows for quick layering of slight different marks.

Monotype printmaking with stencils and the glycerin and gelatin plate on fabric

If you have not played with printing with the gelatin plate then check out my FREE recipe and make the plate today!

Make a Glycerin & Gelatin Printing Plate Now!
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