Gelatin print on paper
20×16″
©2023 Lucinda Howe
This week I was inspired to do some gelli plate printing with palm branches that I brought home from Palm Sunday service at church. I had done something similar two years ago on my 14×12″ plate and remembered that the palms work well for printing. Since then I have learned more about how to create transparent layers. Also, I have bought a larger (16×20″) gelatin plate and wanted to get it out of the box and into action. So I set up a table outside on a beautiful spring afternoon and started printing.
I used 24×18″ drawing paper for the prints, leaving a border that allows the prints to have undulating edges that show the layers. The larger plate was a good fit for the dramatic shapes of the leaves. I used Golden open acrylics in a palette of yellows and blues to express the fresh breeze of waving palm branches.
Gelatin print on paper
20×16″
©2023 Lucinda Howe
Gelatin print on paper
20×16″
©2023 Lucinda Howe
Gelatin print on paper
20×16″
©2023 Lucinda Howe
Mary Lou Benton
4 Apr 2023Very interesting. I’ve not heard of this technique. Beautiful results!
Sharon
5 Apr 2023These are just wonderful Cindy. I feel freedom and motion in each one of them. I can only imagine the sense of artistic achievement you must have felt at the end of the day. Congratulations on your new Gelli plate and what you created.
Donna
8 Apr 2023Just love your palm leaf gel prints. Wish we could print together.