Gelatin plate print

9 things I learned from a new buyer

2010, Gelatin plate print / /
©linda germain 2012
thinking
screen print on gelatin print
8′ x 10″

I was lucky to have a new buyer come to my studio today.  And it was a great opportunity to talk about and present my gelatin prints.  I learned:

  1. clean the studio and
  2. create a comfortable place to display the work
  3. ask questions to better understand what the buyer likes and where the art will be displayed
  4. Listen to the answers
  5. Offer matting and framing ideas
  6. yet let the buyer decide
  7. have fun with the conversation
  8. allow the buyer to prepay
  9. give myself a delivery deadline
Happy Printing!

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Gelatin Printing on New Year’s Day

2010, Gelatin plate print / /
©2012 linda germain
gelatin print with screen print on top
aprox 7″ x 10″
I have been playing with gelatin prints in preparation for a workshop that I am teaching @ Haystack Mountain School of Craft for the Maine Craft Association in May. The workshop is for Maine Craft members and it will combine bookmaking and gelatin printmaking.  Fun Stuff.  Happy New Year!

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Scaled down Gelatin Plate – Options

2010, Gelatin plate print / /

I realized as I cut up the gelatin plate in the last few days that scale changes everything.  It sets new limits and parameters.  It is a fun experiment.  I need to put in a little time printing and I am sure something new will evolve.  So far I figure I can make tiny prints, cards and ATC’s with small prints.  I would like to come up with a couple of wearable art idea. Enjoy!

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Cut up the Gelatin and make Prints

2010, Gelatin plate print / /
Cut the gelatin into shapes and print.
So I tried cutting the gelatin plate with a small film canister.  I punched out some circles and started to play.  I got some fun edges, patterns  and layers.  I am not sure of the exact application for this method, but I am going to continue to experiment with cutting the gelatin plate into shapes.
Layered gelatin prints with shaped pieces of gelatin.
It was fun to make ink marks and hold the gelatin like a little stamp.   I tried a bigger circle and printed some small cards.    I love the experimenting.
shaped gelatin for printmaking
This one a cut with the end of a pvc pipe.  Big cookie cutters would be interesting to try.
small gelatin print with shaped gelatin and stencil
©linda germain 2011

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Gelatin Printing Demo by Linda Germain

2010, Gelatin plate print / /
©2011 linda germain
inking a gelatin plate for printing
I will have a plate of gelatin at the art and music festival this saturday and will be doing simple demonstrations and you will have a chance to try it to.  I hope you can stop by the Eve Rising Music Festival on the upper deck on Merrimack St.  Haverhill, Ma 10 AM to 10 PM.  Tickets to the festival are $7.00 in advance or $10 at the gate.  Proceeds benefit Emmaus, Inc., Kick Cancer Celebration, CSFSM – City Sports Fees for Single Mothers and Songbird Sings for trauma survivors.
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