Workshop Description: Gelli Plate Printing
We will spend half a day experimenting with the basics of Gelli printing. This form of mono-printing with gelatine plates is an easy and a playful method of printing and layering textures and patterns that can be produced without the need for a press. You will be expertly guided on how to experiment with this technique, layering, masking, stamping using found objects from around the home and garden, stencilling for mark making and collaging to create detailed and highly personal one off pieces. You will come away from the workshop with a wide range of different christmas cards and gifts ready for the festive season.
This workshop is suitable for all levels of experience
All materials and teas/coffees and biscuits will be provided.
Information for participants
What will be provided:-
- Gelli plate
- Range of acrylic paints
- Brayers/rollers
- All papers and collage papers
- Organic and textured objects/stencils
- Additional drawing media
What participants need to bring:-
- Apron
- Wear appropriate studio clothing
Jessica Parker: Biography
As a contemporary landscape painter my work aims to explore the power of stillness that exists in the connected space where sky and the land meet.I grew up in Cambridge, UK and the East Anglian Fens and my work is inspired by the wide, open skies and the far reaching landscapes. My current practice draws on this early relationship between land and sky.After studying 3D Design and a Degree in History of Art I taught Fine Art locally for over fifteen years before leaving to focus full time on my own professional practice.Returning to my innate understanding of the liminal spaces in the landscape my collections in acrylic and mixed media focus on capturing the sense of consolation in the still spaces around Watlington and the wild landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales and the Scottish Western Isles.I strongly believe in the power of art to still, calm and console where it can touch the sense of what it is to be a small part of an infinite space.
