masking stencils

Cutting a Masking stencil for Gelatin Prints

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©2012 linda germain  – Preparing a stencil for gelatin printing

Last month I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC and  was inspired by Ellsworth Kelly‘s plant drawings.  The line is simple, confident and expressive.  Hmmmmm!  So I said I was going to do a line drawing a day.  Well I made it for about 7 days.  I hung them up and did enjoy them.  Today I decided to photocopy one and make a stencil for gelatin printmaking.  I am applying a few coats of mat meduim so that it will with stand the wear and tear of gelatin printing.

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How to use a Photo reference for Gelatin Printing

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©linda germain 2012 – gelatin monotype with stencil from photo reference

Prompted by a question from a student, I have been experimenting with ways to use photos in gelatin printing.  I the image above you can see the photo of my brother fishing on the pier.  Just below that you can see the paper masking stencil that I cut and to the left a few of the gelatin prints that I made.

I am having fun with this!  I used the registration method that I talked about yesterday.  As you can see on the far right of the image above  place a mat on the gelatin plate to create clean edges.  Then line your paper up with the mat.

Happy Printing.

 

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Masking Stencils from Photos for Gelatin Printing

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Cutting masking stencils for gelatin printmaking
cutting masking stencils for gelatin monotype printing

Here are a couple of gelatin plate monotype prints that I made with the masking stencils that I cut yesterday.

The little guys are from a photo that I took.  As you can tell expressive body language and strong negative spaces make for interesting stencils.  Think of  the fantastic iPod ads from a few years back.  Happy Printing!

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