Continuing Gelli Print Adventures Workshop

When - 7 - 8 July 2024, 10am to 4pm

Where - ASOC Studio D @ M16 Artspace, Griffith

Acrylic Monotypes with your Gelli Plate

For anyone with a sense of adventure, at any stage of their artistic career

Be surprised and delighted by what you can achieve using a gel plate and acrylic paints. Extend your monoprint practice using various media on the plate. Build up images by mixing mediums. Create image transfers or painterly monoprints. After your voyage of discovery, create your portable gallery of prints in the form of an artist’s book or a set of cards. This workshop is suitable for anyone with a sense of adventure who has used a Gelli plate before. The one-day workshop on 6 July is an ideal introduction to the skills that will be used in this workshop.

Course Outline:

Gelli printing is a form of monoprinting that uses flexible gelatin based printing plates to create images in layers of texture, design and colour. It is an experimental spontaneous, and fun medium. Easy to learn and somewhat addictive! During this course you will explore the many possibilities of this exciting medium in a fun and fearless manner incorporating textures of found materials, botanical elements, stencils and brush marks.

We will be building on the skills learned at the introductory class. Experiment with transparent vs. opaque paints in creating layers. Push the boundaries further by practising image transfers, using wax resist methods and including some other traditional drawing and painting mediums to build up confidence in using your Gelli plate to layer up more complex images.

At the end of the course we will have sufficient prints to create your own artists book or a set of cards for your resource or your own portable exhibition!!!

Materials needed.

• Your own Gel plate -

  • This may be a commercial one or you can make your own. If you aren’t sure

    yet whether to splurge, make the homemade one as per the instructions

    attached. Gelatin Plate Recipe for Monoprinting | Kim Herringe,

    Printmaker. However, a commercial one will be better as the homemade

    one can get a bit sticky. It’s adequate but not the ‘best’. Commercially made

    Gelli Arts Plate 8x10in 0r 6x6in or up to A4 size. Made in imperial

    measurements. Available online (Amazon) which is slightly cheaper than the

    arts stores Gelli Printing Plates | Gelli Arts or Gell press plate.

• Roller or brayer 4 inches

• A selection of acrylic paint. Try not to bring every colour you own but make a selection of your favourites and include lights and darks and white.

• Acrylic gel medium

• Wax crayon or oil pastel, only one is needed

• Pastels/pastel pencils.

• Charcoal stick,

• Posca pens (a couple)

• Copy paper (preferably heavier than 80gsm,120gsm is available from Officeworks) or Cartridge paper 120gsm

• Butchers paper (for the mess)

• Tissue paper, rice paper, (these will be for experimenting)

• Smooth water colour paper 180 gsm or a pad of water colour paper to the size of your plate.

• Modpodge

• Bristle brush or old brush for glue

• One sheet of Stonehenge paper or similar (300gsm) - this will be for your artists books or your set of cards.

• Bits of plants and textured things like lace, drawer liner, bubble wrap, glad wrap, any stencils you may have. (Check out the “2 dollar” or Vinnies shop for great textures.)

• Photocopies or laser prints with strong contrast of your own work or

• copyright free images.

• Fashion or glossy magazines to use for image transfers.

• Damp cloth with detergent or baby wipes for clean ups.

• Small “ bucket” for cleaning your roller. I find an ice cream container to be perfect.

• Plastic table cover

To Book or for more information contact

Maximum 10 participants

$190 ASOC Members, $240 non ASOC Members

ASOC members, in order to receive the special member rate, please login to ASOC website and then return to the Classes page before proceeding to book.

CAW members contact eventscaw@gmail.com to obtain your discount code.

No refunds apply for cancellations from this class after 29 June 2024.