A blog about making art and other things using cloth, paper, paint, colour, stitch, and all sorts of exciting techniques, some of which I'm sure I still have to discover! I hope that the joy all this gives me is visible in what you can see here.

Friday 10 October 2014

Gelli printing, seagulls, crows and robins!


A day out at the Knitting and Stitching show at Ally Pally, (Alexandra Palace) resulted in my buying the book above, 'The Gentle Art of Gelliping' by Hilary Beattie, and naturally, a Gelli, Gel Printing Plate, so that I could have hours of fun printing on paper and fabric!! I did buy a few other bits and pieces too, but these were the two most exciting purchases!


I cut out a few of my own stencils, some shells and a seahorse, above on paper, below on cloth.



Then I experimented with leaves, bits of string, elastic bands, and some of my own stamps.



More of the seahorse.



Some of my more successful leaf prints.



Just so much fun, I'm looking forward to experimenting lots more with this brilliant new tool for printing my own papers and cloth.


I have also finally finished the seagulls above, and I decided to make some amendments to the crow below, so I feel happier with that now.



Two robins, I think I must be getting in the mood for Christmas! They were both printed from a collagraph plate that I made, and then embellished with machine stitch on the one above, and hand stitch on the cheeky one below.


Well that's all for now, but hopefully I will have some further work to show soon, based on my gelli prints! Thanks for looking in folks!



8 comments:

  1. Golly - these are wonderful! I have a gelli plate, but have mixed feelimgs about it. I have a weekend ahead with some time, so perhaps some paper stash building is in irder!

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    1. Go for it Hilary! I have to be honest, I'm really enjoying mine at the moment, so I hope my enthusiasm lasts!

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  2. Your work is brilliant! Ally Pally,,,, my old stomping ground! Haven't been there in years.

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    1. Thanks Caz. I do enjoy the Knitting and Stitching show, in fact I prefer it to the Quilt show in Birmingham, and it's not so far to go either!

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  3. I love the Knitting and stitching. Haven't been for some time. I look forward to seeing what you do with the gelli plate sounds like a lot of fun.

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  4. Thanks Tessa, I've been playing with the Gelli plate everyday so far, getting through a large quantity of paint and paper!!

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  5. Glad that you enjoyed the K&S show. Weather permitting I will try for Harrogate this year. Lovely results with your gelli printing. I'm sure the book is good but I wish Hilary had chosen a different title!

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