Haverhill

Linda Germain to Instruct @ College for Kids

2010, Haverhill / /

Linda Germain will be instructing at the College for Kids Program @ Northern Essex Community College this July. The dates for the program are

  • session 1 July 6 – July 10

  • session 2 July 13 – July 17

  • session 3 July 20 – July 24

  • seesion 4 July 27 – July 31

To view the complete brochure go to http://www.necc.mass.edu/collegeforkids/docs/cfc_2009_brochure.pdf Courses available for students ages 6 to 14. Linda Germain will be teaching painting, printmakings, bookmaking, papermaking and artist’s trading cards. www.linda-germain.com

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Gelatin Printing with stencils

2010, Haverhill, stencils / /

Winter and the cold do funny things to my Daniel Smith water soluble inks. So I have been playing with the speedball block printing inks. They are so easy to clean up and do do seem to mind if the studio is only 55 degrees.
It amazes me that I can come to the studio and do the same thing, lay down “stencils” and make marks with stamping tools and still come up with something new and interesting.
I used a simple paper stencil for the horse image and stamped into the inked plate with the end of a 2″ by 4″. I love roots, so I used a pressed root as a “stencil” too.
The new ideas that I had today were: 1. to gently remove the “stencil” before lifting the paper up all the way, that way I minimize registration troubles and get the details of the “ghost”, and 2. to print on papers that have been sliced into squares and then piece the print together.

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Stencils and Printmaking on a Gelatin Plate

2010, Haverhill / /

I found some old sewing patterns and used the images on the cover to cut some stencils for gelatin printmaking I thought the negative shapes and spaces would be stronger than they are but I guess they work. I photocopied the image and then printed it on to card stock. Then I put a couple coats of mat medium on both sides. That way the stencils will last and will not absorb lots of ink and water. I experimented with inking the stencil heavily and then positioning it on the plate of gelatin. I came up with a few prints that I like. More gelatin printing tips.  www.linda-germain.com

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