Gelatin Printing Cards – reindeer and doilies
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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.
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