Meet your dream Plate and fall in love with a faster, friendlier approach to printmaking.
It's easy, fun and totally addicting! Printmaking just got easier! Expert tips from the creator of the Gelli Plate 50+ awesome step-by-step techniques Ideas for incorporating stamps and stencils, using ghost prints, salvaging uninspired prints, and more 26-page gallery shows the many wonderful ways artists are incorporating Gelli Printing into their work.
For experienced printmakers, the inspirations in these pages will push you to experiment, adapt, combine and layer.
Become a texture-hunter, creating a wide world of effects using embossed papers, natural objects, rubber bands, lace, corrugated cardboard, metal tape, die cut letters...anything goes! Even beginners can enjoy immediate gratification--just grab a textured surface, smoosh it into your painted Gelli plate, and you'll have a stack of amazing prints in no time.
Experiment with metallic paint, dimensional paint and gel medium.
Learn how to incorporate stencils and rubber stamps.
Create intriguing patterns using tools like sponges, textured rollers and homemade combs.
In this premier guide, artist Joan Bess--inventor of the concept for the Gelli plate--unleashes the fun through more than 50 step-by-step techniques.
It's that simple! Wipe the Plate down with a spritz of water and a paper towel, and you're ready to go again.
Simply apply paint with a soft rubber brayer, make your marks and pull your print.
For artists and crafters who love the creative possibilities of monoPrinting on gelatin but not the prep time, mess and inconvenience that comes with it, the Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate is a dream come true! It's durable, reusable, stored at room temperature, and ready to get creative whenever you are.
Meet your dream Plate and fall in love with a faster, friendlier approach to printmaking