I tried to make my own gelatine plate, after all I have a big bottle of powder gelatine at home. Well, this is not making jelly to eat. I then used some acrylic paints (gold, silver, pewter and red) and a brayer on the gelatine plate. Don't know what was not quite right, the paints couldn't spread well. And Singapore is so hot that the gelatine actually melted after a while! But, I just used what came out from the prints. Added on some fabric motifs and metallic thread.
These are for Paper_Traders' Pull A Print swap for 3"x5" index cards. They went to Mel Dunkley (UK) and Linda Edkins (USA), together with the Daily Junk Mails postcard. Weaved the background for the 2 postcards that went to Mel and Linda, and I cut out the shape of our Singapore island and sponged over with distress inks in the middle of the postcards (that's my additional technique we were supposed to add). Well, Singapore is a food paradise!
Karla Jackson (USA) and Carol Fosdick (USA) sent their Pull A Print card to me. I like the colours on Carol's works but it looked unfinished though.
The back of Karla's card is just as sweet as the front!
The Daily Junk Mails postcards came in from Pam Imhoff's (USA) Every day is Earth Day, and Beckie Holso's (USA) Wanderlust. Both are awesome in their own rights.
Linda Wyatt (USA) resent me her abstract art postcard for last Sep swap, and this time it arrived fast.
Acrylic paints on deli paper. Love Linda's abstract art, composition and colours and all!
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It always amazes me how many different types of crafts you do. You are will to try so many things! Thanks for sharing with us.
What is a gelatine plate used for? - is it something to do with your art? If you can find a product called Jell-it-in, it sets very quickly, even out of the fridge - I think it's based on agar.
Dear Maureen, the homemade gelatine plate is the substitute for the commercial gelli plate for print making. We have agar agar powder here. Don't know if weather is too hot nowadays and/or I didn't use enough gelatine powder such that it melted after a while out of the fridge. Never mind, I managed to get my print I needed and just discard it the gelatine. I don't need to keep the gelatine and can make another plate when I need it then.
Dear Tattrldy, it's easier when you join a group and everyone does them. More movitation to do things.
Dear Tattrldy, it's easier when you join a group and everyone does them. More movitation to do things.
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