Gelatin or Gelli Plate Ideas

[Kristy Tyra]

Let's start a thread about gelatin plates! I have sucumbed to the addiction of gelli printing! I think it would be great to share different techniques,tips, and tools. One of my all-time favorite tools is the plastic bottom piece of a deli tray. It has a raised pattern like concave diamonds, and the reverse is almost like a wedding ring quilt pattern.

[teegee7617]

Oh, good idea! I can't really share yet, my gelli plate should be delivered today! (I did get a chance to play with a plate last fall and finally got around to ordering one for me.)

[Scrapjanny]

I don't have one, but we used one in an art journaling class I took. Among other things, we used a 3-sided comb to "carve" designs into acrylic paint before printing. It created some very cool effects.

[teegee7617]

OK so I just saw this thread: gelli print with clear packing tape by br3n at Splitcoaststampers in the main Techniques forum. And ZOMG! Packing tape! I neeeeed to try this!

[UnderstandBlue]

I'm dying to try that packing tape idea too!!! Maybe that will be my reward for doing my taxes!!

I LOVE using feathers.

You get this incredible, photographic quality.

Here's what you do:

• Ink up the plate
• Place a feather on it
• pull a print, but don't lift it
• lift the corner of the paper - just enough to carefully remove the feather
• put the paper back down, rub and lift

You'll have a GORGEOUS, detailed image of a feather - almost looks like an x-ray!

[UnderstandBlue]

Thanks to you - here's how I spent my lunch break. He's a member here and oh so talented.

[QueenOfInkland]

Lydia, Andy Skinner is amazing !!

All,
Here's a link to Gelli Arts YouTube channel if you'd like to take a look:
https://www.youtube.com/user/GelliArts/videos

[QueenOfInkland]

And check out this great video that Lydia made - I love it:


I used a search on SCS but I could not find out how to embed the video so I have just posted the link.

[UnderstandBlue]

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Originally Posted by QueenOfInkland

And check out this great video that Lydia made - I love it:


I used a search on SCS but I could not find out how to embed the video so I have just posted the link.

You're so sweet! Thank you!

To embed a video, just paste the embed code into a post - easy!

So if you're on that YouTube page, click share > embed > copy the code and paste

[QueenOfInkland]

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Originally Posted by UnderstandBlue

To embed a video, just paste the embed code into a post - easy!

So if you're on that YouTube page, click share > embed > copy the code and paste

You're so talented, so you're very welcome!!!

And thanks so much for the embedding instructions.....I just LOVE being empowered LOL

It's so cool when you use the embedded videos. YAY. Life is good

[QueenOfInkland]

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Originally Posted by UnderstandBlue

I'm dying to try that packing tape idea too!!! Maybe that will be my reward for doing my taxes!!

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[One4Joy]

Thanks Lydia for the Andy Skinner vid...he is amazing and I watched the whole thing...

[UnderstandBlue]

He's awesome Susan!

Did you guys see this? I might have to try this this weekend

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[QueenOfInkland]

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Originally Posted by UnderstandBlue

Did you guys see this? I might have to try this this weekend

Hey Lydia - another use for all of those magazines that you have bwahahaha :twisted:

Love this!!!!!!!!!!! - thanks for sharing I want to try this, too.

[Candida]

I am loving these videos so much! I haven't yet got a break to try this, but I am so anxious to give it a shot. I will have to make my own gelli plate and I promise to share my experience (or despair!) with it.

Lydia, your video is so, so nice to watch. Your voice is soft and smooth and I could watch you all day. Seriously!

I need to ask... have you tried doing something with your prints?

[Candida]

I watched this "Faux Chine Colle" technique video and was wondering why did she have to use a thin paper for the first print before printing the collage paper. Is it because with the thinner paper, not much paint is soaked up, and there is still lots left behind for a second print?

[jan31]

great videos, I don't think I'll ever get to the level of Andy Skinner, he's amazing.

[Kristy Tyra]

This thread is going great! I have bookmarked the videos to watch later! Another favorite tool of mine is textured wallpaper. They are amazing! I keep telling myself not go hunting for more until the ones I have are no longer usuable, but they make the coolest impressions, then combine them with stencils and...well, you get the idea. It's hard to stop. If I can figure it out, I'll also post a picture of some projects where I've used my gelli prints.

[Lazorkay]

Oh my!! I need to do some video watching on my lunch hour!!!!!

woohooo - thank ladies. I haven't used my gelli plate yet.

[jan31]

Great idea with the wallpaper but Wouldn't you just know I threw my wallpaper bits out when I revamped my craft room, I only had them for about five years!! might have to find some more now.

[smadson]

Amazing videos! Wow! Thank you!

[florencebeads]

I've just dived in head first, both with a Gelli plate and a mixed media journal. I'm having SO much fun, I can't even tell ya'. I just blogged about my latest discovery: ghost printing origami works spectacularly well. Also I found that dry embossed paper works great to add texture to Gelli prints. All those embossing folders have a new job! I thought you might enjoy trying the ideas. Ack it's 1 AM. Time for bed.

Florence Turnour's Blog: Origami Geli Prints : Three experiments

-Florence

[Candida]

Wow! Florence, that is amazing! I loved the origami idea and, even more, the use of embossing folders .... the prints came out beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing your experiments!

[florencebeads]

Thank you, I'm dying to get back to it, but I have to work :(! Tonight for sure!

[QueenOfInkland]

New video from Gelli Arts:

[muscrat]

I haven't had any luck finding a gelli plate yet!

[UnderstandBlue]

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Originally Posted by QueenOfInkland

New video from Gelli Arts:

AWESOME - this is fantastic!

[UnderstandBlue]

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Originally Posted by muscrat

I haven't had any luck finding a gelli plate yet!

I've never seen one in a store - only online.

[jan31]

Great video, I have quite a few texture plates, must have a play with them.

[Lazorkay]

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Originally Posted by UnderstandBlue

I've never seen one in a store - only online.

There is a store west of the DFW area in Mineral Wells that sells them.

[muscrat]

i would like to get one that is 6x6. There is an art store about twenty mins utes away that I thought might have them or might order one for me. But it is hard to get down that way.

[florencebeads]

Go straight to the source:
6in x 6in Gelli? Printing Plate | Gelli Arts
Or go to Dick Blick where you can find anything under the sun (except for those pastel pencils that Lydia was showing. Lydia, are you paying attention? What were those called? I thought I'd remember when I saw them on the shelf at Dick Blick, but I didn't see them on the shelf, so now I'm out of luck):
Gelli Arts Printing Plate - BLICK art materials

[UnderstandBlue]

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Originally Posted by florencebeads

Go straight to the source:
6in x 6in Gelli? Printing Plate | Gelli Arts
Or go to Dick Blick where you can find anything under the sun (except for those pastel pencils that Lydia was showing. Lydia, are you paying attention? What were those called? I thought I'd remember when I saw them on the shelf at Dick Blick, but I didn't see them on the shelf, so now I'm out of luck):
Gelli Arts Printing Plate - BLICK art materials

Kathy call before you go and have them order you one!

Florence the pencils are Caran d'Ache Luminance - I'm about to post a video tutorial with them! I LOVE them.

[muscrat]

I need a few prismas that my LSS didn't have so I'm running down to the art supply store in the morning and will check with them then. I know they have prismas so it won't be a wasted trip. Their prismas won't be as cheap as my LSS though. I got them from her for $1 each but I know Michaels wanted $1.89 but they dont have the colors I needed.

[muscrat]

Art store didn't have the gelli plates and she made it sound lime she was having trouble finding them. She said she is getting some kind of plates in soon, but they are not the gelli plates. I think they are a harder surface type of thing. The good news is that I found all four of the prismas I was looking for and they were cheaper than Michaels!

[QueenOfInkland]

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Originally Posted by muscrat

Art store didn't have the gelli plates and she made it sound lime she was having trouble finding them. She said she is getting some kind of plates in soon, but they are not the gelli plates. I think they are a harder surface type of thing. The good news is that I found all four of the prismas I was looking for and they were cheaper than Michaels!

I wonder if the harder plates that she's getting in might be the new plates from Stampendous:

http://www.stampendous.com/products-...rinting-plate/

[muscrat]

I wish I would have thought to ask her and also see when it would be in! That looks like a good alternative.

[stampin stacy]

Sorry they didn't have the Gelli plates but tube YEAH for the rest of your shopping list.

Stampendous has several videos about their plate, you might want to check out. I'm thinking it's a large hard acrylic, kinda like you one would as a handle for unmounteds. I have wondered how much difference there is in using the gelli surface vs a hard surfaces; especially wondered if the paints/inks stayed wet longer on the gelli plate.

Some alternate hard surfaces would be - plexi-glass or glass. Before I remembered I had a sheet of plexi-glass in my craft room I was contemplating buying a cheap 8x10 picture frame from the dollar store or some where else and using the glass out of it.

[muscrat]

So I've decided to try and make my own gelli plate. I've watched a couple of tutorials BT which recipe would you recommend? I would like one that would last and one video says it is only good for three months. Also, what type of acrylic paints do you use? I have some water based acryilics but no sure thatnis what they are using. Any helpful ideas would be appreciated.

[muscrat]

I haven't made my plate yet, but I picked up some acrylic paints in small tubes at acmoore today. The acrylics I had were the ones in little bottles and used for stenciling. I bought a small basic set.