This week, I'm experimenting, trying out different ideas, taking inspiration from others. As we know, experimenting = (do + rethink + try again) * repeat.
Today my inspiration came from a post from Julie Fei-Fan Balzer. In it she uses her gelli plate to create some lovely heart images.(Gelli masked prints)
Today my inspiration came from a post from Julie Fei-Fan Balzer. In it she uses her gelli plate to create some lovely heart images.(Gelli masked prints)
It's been ages since I used my Gelli plate and I started out with great gusto, tearing up leftover pieces of gelli prints I had stashed away for just this day. I intended to make a mosaic type of foundation paper. Well the tearing into bits and pieces was very therapeutic! I had a beautiful bowl of colourful scraps to collage.
Laying out the pieces on an old calendar page, I realised this wasn't quite what I wanted. So - new idea #1!! Use colourful pages from another calendar. That done - phew! Next cut out shapes of letters, numbers from old manilla folders. All was ready!
My gelli plate had been patiently waiting....it was now her turn.
With great excitement, I slapped acrylic paint on the gelli plate with my brayer, put down a few shapes, laid down the prepared page, pulled and not what I wanted!! Realisation - acrylic paint does not like glossy surface. Idea #2 - the mask shapes looked great. So with more gusto, I gelli plated every letter, number, shape I had.
Idea #3 - combine number/letter with shape. Great result!!
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| Gelli plated shapes #1 |
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| Gelli plated shapes #2 |
Don't you just love serendipity! From trying something different, I learnt a few things and ended up with some delicious shapes to embellish my daily journal! Not to mention, a bowl of colour pieces just waiting to be glued......
Happy creating!
Love
Cara
These are so cool and great technique! I bet they'll make great pieces to add to an art journal.
ReplyDeleteThanks Abigail! Some have already made their way into my art journal.
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