Mini Screen Prints at the Creative Haverhill Shop

2010, screen printing / /
© linda germain 21012 3.5″ x3.5″ blocks with screen prints for sale

These little prints are fun yet the process of making them was contrary to my usual process of printing. You know I am all about PLAY and experimentation.  Well for  this little project I was all about product.  It really stops me to have to be neat and clean and think about what the buyer might want.  I did manage to get into the flow and now I am happy with the product.

© linda germain 2012 tiny prints for sale 3.5″ x 3.5″

I used some thermofax screens and recycled color cards and cut the square block from a long piece of wood.

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Holiday Shop is OPEN

2010, Uncategorized / /
The shop @ 90 Washington Street has opened for the Holiday season.  It has a fresh new design and lots of new venders.
Hours: Wed-Fri 4-8pm, Sat 12-8 pm, Sun 12-5 pm
©Linda Germain 2012 Mini Prints for sale at the Shop @ 90 Washington St. Haverhill, MA

I will be doing a gelatin printing demo on thursday Nov 16th 6 PM.  If you are in the area shop in to witness the wonders of gelatin printmaking.

 

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Details, doilies and Do it! – Gelatin Prints

2010, mark making tools / /
©linda germain 2012 Gelatin printing with a plastic doily

A couple of years back I took a great class with Cathy McLaurin.  During the class she shared lots of her mark making tools.  I fell in love with an old plastic doily.  So I searched the junk stores for a plastic doily of my own and eventually I gave up looking.  Today I found one.  It is not a fabulous as cathy’s but it does make a wonderful detailed impression on the gelatin plate.

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What do you do with all your Gelatin Prints?

2010, artist book, video / /

Today I gave the coptic stitch binding another try.  I did a multi-needle coptic stitch.  It came out ok.  Not perfect but I still like it.  I did find some very good videos on you tube and I referenced the ECO-books instructions.  These were my Akua Kolor on copy paper prints.  The Akua Kolor feels nice to the fingers compared to the speedball water bases block printing inks.  Happy Printing!

 

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Gelatin Printing with Open acrylic paints

2010, Gelatin plate print / /
© linda germain 2012 – playing with a series of gelatin Print and mixed media

Gratitude!  I am so lucky to have lots of studio space so I can spread out a series of gelatin plate monotype prints and respond to each print individually.  This group is printed on 90 lb drawing paper and I used golden acrylic paint with open medium added.  Then I worked into a few with charcoal and direct brayer marks.    Happy printing.

 

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