Friday 2 August 2013

Gelli printing

We've been having a bit of a heat wave here this past week or two, and unfortunately, I'm not made for high temperatures. When the temperatures climb to over 30 degrees, I just don't want to move at all anymore. I don't even feel like painting any more. But yesterday, I decided to pull myself together. I didn't want to miss yet another Paint Party Friday. So I got out my Gelli plate, and started some printing. I can't believe that this is actually only the second time I've used my plate since I got it, and that the first time was over 4 months ago!




I kept to a limited colour palette and made very simple prints with just one layer of paint, and two or three different stencils. After having printed almost 20 sheets of paper, I cut a bit of the top and bottom off each sheet, and then printed the back of all of them. Eventually, I want to bind them all together into a little journal.




Happy Paint Party Friday
Hope you're staying cool.

16 comments:

  1. We have also been having a heatwave in the UK. My hands were so hot the other day that I couldn't grip my pencil! Another beautiful selection of journal pages Kay :0)

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  2. So funny, I've been doing the same! Making lots of gelliprints and planning on making a journal out of it. Love your limited colour palette. I'm still struggling with trying to avoid mud while gelliprinting ....

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  3. Oh, heat melts me- I feel for you! Love the prints you made esp. the blues- makes me think of oceans and the beach. Perhaps the heat has me thinking about how wonderful a dip in the ocean would be since I am land locked...Happy PPF!

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  4. Love all the shades of blue and purple.

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  5. I know what you mean about the heat - we have had a few days here and here where it's been beautiful and I just spend it sitting on a sun chair in the garden because it's such a rare occurrence here - not good for painting productivity! I still don't really understand what gelli plates are but they seem to be taking over the art blogging world!! Your pages look lovely!

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  6. Sweet gelli printing. Hot, no I do not do hot well either. I sympathize. xox

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  7. Lovely prints, love the hand printed, unique look! <3

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  8. gelli!!!!! I adore the gelli prints! You did great stuff!
    We have been in the 40's C around here... suffocating at times! But we are "getting cool" again down to 30's. You would not like this place lol

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  9. Great colors and textures! I love how the gelli plate just gives everything an added interest! Looking forward to seeing more! Happy PPF!

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  10. Your gelli prints are awesome. They will be perfect for your little journal. You did great for not having done any for a few months. I don't like hot weather, it kills me. I haven't started gelling around yet because I'm just really learning about them. I know you can make your own out of knox or something like that. Nice work.

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  11. I love your geli prints....I need one of those!! I love the combination of colors you put together too!! Very pretty!

    Hugs Giggles

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  12. Gorgeous gelli prints... love your colors... especially the purple and reds... and the patterns are wonderful...

    Jenny ♥

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  13. Love your printing! I adore my gelli plate as well...I need to do a blue series next: beautiful! And...am I the only one who absolutely loves the border edges the plate leaves? Love it!

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