Tag Archives: Gelli plate printing

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Pink and Yellow, Part 2

Last week I selected pink and yellow collage papers inspired by flowers from my garden. Since this color scheme is lighter than my usual choices, I experimented with some compositional ideas. I wanted to use […]

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Video Learning

As I mentioned in several recent posts, I’m learning how to make stencils in an online class taught by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer. http://balzerdesigns.com/Classroom/ I had several questions from readers about my photos. It was hard […]

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Stencils, Week 3

This week I’ve continued practicing making stencils with CanvasWorkspace. This design was inspired by Moroccan tiles. I used the basic shapes in the software such as squares and circles to build a block and replicated […]

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Learning about Stencils

This week, I’m making stencils to use in printing on the gelli plate. I made three drawings for the light, middle, and dark values and cut them with a cutting machine. I’m able to get […]

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Leaves

As we move into September in South Carolina, the weather still feels like summer. But the leaves are showing bits of yellow ochre that hint at the coming of fall. 

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Beautyberry Quilt

  Sometimes I find inspiration in the strangest places. While my art is based on painting and printing, I like to watch and listen to artists who work in other media. This week the following […]

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Weedy Garden

As summer heat drags on and days grow shorter, chlorophyl decreases. Warm tones of olive and avocado forecast the coming of autumn.   For this piece, I printed ferns and weeds from the garden on […]

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Immersed in Green

As I observed two weeks ago, the South Carolina gardenscape is GREEN. The view from my studio at the back of my home has glimpses of a sunny golf course through fig, magnolia, palm, and […]

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UNEXPECTED COMBINATION

My studio is cluttered with stacks of prints on the floor and on my inspiration board. I have a stack of old paintings that I want to recycle. Through my work, I continute to learn […]

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Midsummer Green

Midsummer in South Carolina is all about green. Even though the weather is hot and dry, the native vegetation remains green, if a bit dusty and wilted. Spring flowers fade and autumn hues are far […]

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