Tuesday, December 4, 2012

OT at B's - Gelli plate printing!

Gelli plate printing!
1) Image to replicate
2) roller plate with Ultramarine Blue liquid acrylic
3) OOPs! wrong image here!!
4) place doily and make GENTLY squiggly lines with styro rake
5) place fabric across plate
6) brayer back of fabric (also cleans brayer)
7) pull up fabric to show layer one of print
8) Apply Quin NIckel Azo liquid acrylic paint
9) Make more squiggly lines
10) place fabric on plate and brayer across again
11) pull up print
12) compare (noting that second print was slightly muddier due to slight residue on plate from original efforts


A) A selection of Gelli plate prints
B) Jackie's bundles - packages of coasters made from our painting in the round fabric (and watercolored Gina clay embellishments)
C) Little trees - J's stitchy Bits
D) postcards and ATC's swapped
Next meeting Friday Dec 21st? TBD location and time.