Gelli print made with torn paper masks
Torn Paper Printing
The June module of A Year of Gelatin Printing focuses on manipulating paper as a printing tool. Torn paper is used as a mask to create shapes with undulating edges.…
Coneflowers
Book cover
8x6"
Gelli print on paper
©2021 Lucinda Howe
Coneflowers in Motion
This week in the studio I’ve been gelatin printing coneflowers using stencils and texture plates. In the May module of Julie Fei-Fan Balzer’s class A Year of Gelatin Printing, I’ve…
Lamar Howe
1929-2021
In Memorium
A Life Well Lived My father, Lamar Howe, died on May 17th. I’ve been away from the studio and blog since then except for a few minutes of art…
Coneflower Stencils #5
8x5"
Gelli plate print on paper
©2021 Lucinda Howe
Practicing Stencils
When I don’t know what to draw, my default is coneflowers. I drew some coneflowers and cut these stencils from a manilla file folder using an Xacto knife. Then I…
Positive and negative prints from repeating stamps
Repeating Stamps
This week’s lesson from the gelli printing class* is about how to create a repeating (or tiling) pattern. The design connects on the sides so that the pattern repeats, but…
Pink and Brown Irises
It's the season for irises in the southeastern USA! I've been working on other projects and haven't had much time in the studio this week, so i'm republishing an iris…
Small books made from gelli prints on card stock
6.25 x 3.125 inches
Small Tag Books
The bookbinding lesson from the April module of A Year of Gelatin Printing uses manilla shipping tags or card stock. These are 3.125 x 6.25 inches, but could be any…
Summer Garden #5
12x12 inches
Acrylic and collage on gallery wrap canvas
©2020 Lucinda Howe
TAG Annual Show
You're invited to come and see Trenholm Artists Guild's 50th Anniversary Art Exhibit at Best Mattress now through May 27. My collage Summer Garden #5 is on display (and for…
Palm Sunday Memories #4
18x16"
Acrylic gelli print
Palm Printing
Palm branches from the Palm Sunday service at our church inspired this week's gelli prints. The palms are larger than other garden leaves, so I’ve been experimenting with printing in…
Spine stitched with waxed linen thread
Pamphlet Bookbinding
Last week I made double sided gelli prints and cut them to 5x10". Now I have folded them and made a book cover from cereal box cardboard. I've stitched the…