Showing posts with label Gelli Plate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gelli Plate. Show all posts

Monday, October 28, 2013

Not obsessed...

with carving stamps - perhaps mildly addicted!
I found a nice cigar box to keep them in:
Yes, I will need more storage :-)
Why all the fish? I was working on a monotype that needed a LOT of changes - color being the most critical:
Not liking the red...
So after I added more color to obscure the disconcerting red and yes, the muddy pink, I had something that reminded me of the sea. And then of course where were the fish and vegetation?...a nice opportunity to make some stamps for a specific piece:
Transformation!

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

New Gelli :-)

Monday was the first day of Gelli Plate Printmaking (online class from Carla Sonheim); I had never used one of these plates before so you know my curiosity knob was turned up to "eleven" :-)
I made the required eight prints... and then some.
Here's one I like:
The start of something....
This is the first layer - with more to come.