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Art work for sale at the Christmas Stroll

2010, mixed media printmaking / Linda Germain / November 30, 2015

I am gathering up a lot of small mixed media prints for the Christmas Stroll that is happening this Saturday in Haverhill, MA

You will find me at the Haverhill Art Market, 12-6, @ 90 Washington Street. Stop in and get a Haverhill Happy Holiday’s ornament, featuring the Basiliere Bridge.

If these prints and how I made them interest you and you want to learn to screen print, then join me in the next session of Pulling Screen Prints – sign up today – class starts Jan 11th. Details here.

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Thermofax prints for texture

2010, mixed media printmaking / Linda Germain / November 1, 2015

I love lots of layers in a mixed media print. I like to draw the viewer in for a closer look into the layers of marks that make up the whole print.

Screen printing with the thermo fax screen is great for times when you want to make lot’s of impressions of the same design. So today I played with 17 small prints and 4 book spreads and one spirograph screen.

Thermo fax screens are good for line drawings and details that you can’t get with other types of screen printing. I made this spirograph drawing, photocopied it and then burned a screen with my 3M transparency maker.

You only need a couple of screens to get started playing with this method of screen printing. I put together a kit of

8 untaped screens, as shown below and
access to a lesson and 4 videos to prepare the screens,
pull prints, ideas for surfaces to print on and
how to care for your screen.

8 piece Thermofax Screen starter kit with Pulling Screen Prints the online printmaking course with Linda Germain — 8 piece Thermofax Screen starter kit – images as shown – untaped

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Music to keep you Movin’

mixed media printmaking / Linda Germain / August 15, 2015

When you are in your studio, do you like to work in silence? Or do you have special music to enhance your creativity?

I have been listening to Pandora Radio and the Laid Back Beach Music Station. I have to stay it is the next best thing to the beach. It puts me in a loose happy state.

Sometimes I do need quiet to get things done. So I guess it depends on the stage of creation.

Would you like to create an artist retreat for yourself, in the comfort of your own space? Read the details and sign up today for the Mixed Media Printmaker’s Retreat. It starts August 26th.

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Piles of paper with potential

mixed media printmaking / Linda Germain / July 17, 2015

There are many reasons why I have pile of prints:

It takes time for me to get into the flow of printing.
Gelatin printing is experimental and often uncontrollable
I love the process more than the final product.

But sometimes I like to make a finished product or print.

Cut and collage
Crop and frame
Fold, sew and make a book

What do you like to do with your printed papers? Do you frame them? Do you purge or do you save them all? Would you like to take a class that focused on using all your papers/prints with potential?

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Piecing Monotype Prints together

mixed media printmaking / Linda Germain / April 24, 2014

Monotypes - papers with potential - Linda Germain — Monotypes – papers with potential – Linda Germain

I make lots of monotype prints. I consider them papers with potential. You could look at them a imperfect prints and failures. But I prefer to see:

opportunities for learning
fun in the afternoon with no pressure to produce and
foundations for more printing

This mixed media print above started out as several monotypes pulled on the gelatin plate. Then I piece them together, added the figures with soft carve relief stamps and then topped it off with some random stitching.

What do you see possibilities or problems? What would you like to see?

If you see possibilities, then you may be interested in the next session of Make Monotypes. It is a 6 week online printmaking course. Check out the details. Registration is going to open May 7th. This class fills up fast.

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