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| © linda germain 2012 reindeer and doily gelatin prints |
I was playing with the gift of doilies that I got from Terri Stegmiller. I first experimented with what kind of marks I could get from the doily. They are nice and sturdy. I made a pile of prints and cropped a few into some cards.
Three ways to get an impression with the doily:
- gently press the doily into the inked plate – try not to wiggle it. This gives you a dark field print.
- ink the doily and then lay it on the clean plate and gently press. This gives you a light field impression
- lay the doily on the inked plate, do a newsprint pick up, remove the doily and then print. This gives you a gray field print.
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| © linda germain 2012 test prints with the doilies |
I like the mark that is created when I ink the doily by laying it in the thin layer of ink on the gelatin plate, rather than inking the doily with the brayer. It creates a nice thin line. Remember to use the gelatin and it’s malleability to transfer ink and impressions when ever possible.
Oh these turned out very lovely! Love the deer with the doily background. Really gives it a wintry feel. Very nice. 🙂
I’ve been spending a lot of time in the past couple of weeks with gelatin. I teach it as a session in one of my classes and incorporate it into a workshop called Inspired by Nature. I’m always so amazed at what this medium brings out in my students! Somehow it seems to get deep down and the images produced are always interesting many times exciting. It’s hard to explain that soft cool feeling of laying the fabric onto the gelatin. I’ve enjoyed your posts as you are always exploring..thank you—Julie
These reindeer cards are simply elegant!
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This is mind-blowing…its performing job well..!!!!
Plastic card printing
Did you use cotton doilies?
They are plastic doilies. I search thrift stores for interesting old ones. Actually another artist sent me these.