Enjoy this short video of some student work from Make Monotypes, the online printmaking course.
If you would like to explore monotype printing with the glycerin and gelatin plate, ink and paper then check out the details and register today.
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I recently purchased a Simply Screen Printing kit from Plaid. I am experimenting with home based emulsion screen printing kits as an alternative to Thermofax screens.
I did a couple of quick tests and was pleased with how the kit worked.
So after I discovered all these good things, I found that it is a discontinued item. That is good and bad. You can get the kit a a good discount right now. But you won’t be able to get more screens when the stock is gone. ( I am testing another supplier of pre-coated emulsion as an alternative for the future.)
So if you are thinking that you might like to burn delicate screens at home with this kit, buy the kit before it is too late. (I am not an affiliate.)
But in the end, it may be easier to have you screens burned by one of the many thermofax screen vendors that you can find online.
Oh…. Plaid is discontinuing their line of Simply Screen printing inks too. I really like the squirt container. It eliminates a lot of waste and mess for small runs.
If you would like to explore several methods of screen printing, then join Pulling Screen Prints, the online printmaking course.
Early bird rate is $178 and this includes the 4 weeks of lessons and a 8 piece Thermofax kit.
For the class schedule and supply list click here.
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Have you been wanting to add screen printing to your skill set? If so, then you are in luck, registration for Pulling Screen prints the online printmaking class is open. Check out the details and get the early bird discount today.
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Just 12 days until Monoprinting on Fabric, the online printmaking course with ink, fabric and the homemade glycerin and gelatin plate. Enjoy a short video of monoprinted fabric.
Join us in the 4 week printmaking class. Check out the details and sign up at Make Monotypes.com
Are you ready to join us in this online printmaking class? Class starts Jan 12th. Register today and start gathering your supplies.
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If you look closely you can see the texture of the fabric in this little print. It is an experiment in using acrylic paint. The paint dries very fast and that makes it hard to plan and to get a strong transfer of color. I topped this one off with some thermofax screen printing.
I like to work on piece of the print at different times. This “saves some whites” or lights. Often when layer and masking the monotype print can get dark or muddy after just a few layers. Don’t you just love the “bubble” on the left side. It is one of my favorite tools – a floor mop sponge.
I love the delicate marks that are possible when printing with the gelatin plate and ink. These prints were all made without a press and with mere hand pressure.
I have had these dress stencils for years. I cut paper doll style dresses from paper, plastic, wire mesh and bubble wrap. The texture of the stencil is captured in what I refer to as the detailed impression. It is generally the impression that is created by the ink that lies under the masking stencils.
I have been doing what I call palette prints. They are clean up prints at the end of a session. I just have fun with the left over ink. The background in this monoprint is a palette print.
Lots going on in this simple print on fabric. I call the white shapes = shaped impressions. These are the shapes created by masking stencils. There are some brayer marks on the right edge and a detailed impression in the top left corner.
This is just a snapshot of a larger print. Of course it was my last print of the day and then therefore my favorite. I must be more experimental or loose when I am just trying to use up my ink. And the prints that come from that attitude are usually fresh, exciting and my favorite.
I hope you have enjoyed these few gelatin plate monotype prints on fabric. If you would like to make prints on fabric with a group of international artist, then sign up for Monoprinting on Fabric. It is a 4 week online printmaking course with Linda Germain. Check out the details and sign up today.
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