Tag Archives: Gelli plate printing

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Pamphlet Bookbinding

Last week I made double sided gelli prints and cut them to 5×10″. Now I have folded them and made a book cover from cereal box cardboard. I’ve stitched the pages together to form a […]

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Planning Book Pages

Continuing my gelli printing from last week, I’ve added more layers using leaves from the yard. I’m selecting a blue-green color story and a nature theme. I’m printing on both sides of cardstock and cutting […]

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More Printing with Found Objects

I continue to experiment with gelli printing using stuff from the recycle bin. I’m also using up old paint and recycled paper in the process.  The video below shows a batch of gelli printing in […]

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Printing with Found Objects

This week, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer’s class, A Year of Gelatin Printing, is about printing with found objects. I’m using toilet paper rolls, rubber bands, and other recycled items to make shapes in the paint. Once […]

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A Year of Gelatin Printing

  As you know if you’ve been reading my blog a while, I’m a fan of gelatin printing. So when Julie Fei-Fan Balzer offered a year-long class of gelatin printing and book binding, I was […]

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Gathering

  This week I’ve continued to print fabrics and gather images to use in a new series of fabric collages. I want to combine inspiration from my garden with personal symbols from memories. I like […]

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Fabric Printing in Turquoise

With turquoise as my Color of the Year, I’ve started collecting and printing fabrics for a new group of collages. I have a few fabrics in my stash that may work, and I want to […]

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Fabric Collages

This week I’ve finished four small fabric collages that I’ve been working on for several weeks. They’re mounted on canvas so they can be hung for display. Please watch this short video to see how […]

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Happy Holidays

Wishing you healthy and happy holidays this year. I’m continuing to work on small fabric collages, but progress is slow. I took a break and made a new design of a favorite subject, South Carolina’s […]

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Fabric Collage

Last week I made small collages in paper using design ideas from a book titled Art Quilt Collage by Deborah Boschert. She diagrams eight basic design ideas that could work for any type of 2-dimensional […]

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