Cutting mats for Gelatin Prints and more

2010, Uncategorized / /
©2012 Linda Germain – Framing up some Gelatin Monotype Prints

I am a messy creator, and I have to wear white gloves when I cut mats.  When I had finished cutting 12 mats  and burned through 3 blades I decided to google the blades for reviews.  And I learned about the importance of using a slip sheet for better cuts and blade life.  Yippie!!

I have 2 spots available for Saturday’s Gelatin Printmaking Class – Play for the Day 
Saturday, August 25th, 2012

10 AM to 3 PM
93 Essex St.
Haverhill, MA
$65. – Includes supplies.
If you are in the Haverhill area then I would love for you to join the gelatin workshop.  email me linda@lindagermain.com

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Screen print on top of a Gelatin Plate Monotype

2010, fabric prints, screen printing / /
©2012 linda germain – gelatin print and thermofax screen print

The pile of gelatin prints on fabric were calling me.  So I screened this tree on to several of them.

This is a thermofax screen print created with a black and white photo that I took back in 1978.  It is an old apple tree on the hill behind the family homestead.  The thermo fax process is great for converting high contrast images into screens for printing multiple images. If you are interested in learning more about this process in an online printmaking class then join the special interest group for thermofax printing.

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New Step in Making the Gelatin Plate for Printing

2010, gelatin plate care / /
©2012 linda germain  – trying plastic wrap under the gelatin
for easy removal from the pan
©2012 linda germain – gelatin has been poured into the pan
that was first lined with plastic wrap.  Seems to be working.

I am always searching the internet to see what other printmakers are doing with gelatin.  I found a fun book by Susan Schwake, ART LAB for Kids and she lines the pan with plastic wrap for easy removal.  I am giving it a try.  The size of the pan and the wrap are a factor.  The wrap needs to be bigger than the pan so that is hangs over the edge and holds the gelatin.  I can’t wait to try  and take it out of the pan.  It is in the refrigerator hardening up.  I have to wait a couple of hours.

 

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Simple Mark making tools – Gelatin Prints

2010, Gelatin plate print, mark making tools, stamping tools / /
©2012 linda germain gelatin plate monotype tools

I am playing with some old film reels, round things,  tops from shampoo containers and a bit of thin yarn to make marks in the ink on the gelatin plate.
©2012 linda germain – gelatin plate printmaking with my favorite colors
©2012 linda germain – gelatin print  with shampoo covers as stamping tools
©2012 linda germain – just having fun with my new camera – but these are stamps
made on cd case, with double stick carpet tape and caps and round foam bits
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8 Gelatin Printmaking Techniques

2010, gelatin print tips / /
©2012 Linda Germain – Gelatin Prints on the Studio wall

I just wrote to an artist friend, and I started listing some of the new techniques that I have learned in gelatin printmaking in the last 6 months or so.  


Some of the things that I have been doing 

  1. printing on slippery poster board –
  2. printing big by working in strips and rectangles on a large sheet with the 10 x 13 gelatin
  3. The pre-inked stencil for the “picture” affect. 
  4. Using a photo reference – that makes it personal
  5. Masking and taping for a finished look.
  6. Charcoal handwriting transfer
  7. Cutting up the gelatin into shapes for printing
  8. Freezing the Gelatin for reuse

Wow!  I have been busy.  Well when it is fun time just flies.  Most of these processes are in the picture above. Happy Printing!

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