Mixed Media Printmaking Blog

Time Flies – no gelatin printing lately

2010, Uncategorized / Linda Germain / December 3, 2012

It has been a while since I have been here. And the holidays are sneaking up too. I hooked up with the local NanoWriMo group around the 15th of November and got tons of support to write my book. November is national novel writers month and the goal is to write 50,000 words in November. Well I was 2 weeks late and got to 27,500 words. I am still motivated and inspired to keep going.

Saying the goal out loud and committing to others means progress for me.

Last week, I went to a great financial training session with Esther Robinson of ArtHome.org. I am lucky to be participating in the assets for artist program. So I have been doing some big picture planning.

And to challenge myself into improving my health I have recently, cut from my diet, eggs, soy, gluten, corn, sugar, dairy and corn. Wow! I do feel better already.

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Gelatin Printing Cards – reindeer and doilies

2010, gelatin print tips / Linda Germain / November 11, 2012

I was playing with the gift of doilies that I got from Terri Stegmiller. I first experimented with what kind of marks I could get from the doily. They are nice and sturdy. I made a pile of prints and cropped a few into some cards.

Three ways to get an impression with the doily:

gently press the doily into the inked plate – try not to wiggle it. This gives you a dark field print.
ink the doily and then lay it on the clean plate and gently press. This gives you a light field impression
lay the doily on the inked plate, do a newsprint pick up, remove the doily and then print. This gives you a gray field print.

I like the mark that is created when I ink the doily by laying it in the thin layer of ink on the gelatin plate, rather than inking the doily with the brayer. It creates a nice thin line. Remember to use the gelatin and it’s malleability to transfer ink and impressions when ever possible.

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Generosity and Gratitude between artists

2010, Uncategorized / Linda Germain / November 8, 2012

Card image by terri stegmiller and gift of plastic doilies from terri as well. Thank you!

Yesterday I received the gift of the two fabulous doilies from Terri Stegmiller. She read about my search and wanted to share some extras that she had found. Wow what a generous offer. I look forward to playing with them. They are sturdy and have good size holes, just what I like in a stencil of this sort. She has inspired me to be generous in some way. So I am keeping my mind open to situations for giving.

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Mini Screen Prints at the Creative Haverhill Shop

2010, screen printing / Linda Germain / November 2, 2012

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.