Some arty friends of mine organized a gelli printing play date. The last time we did this was about two years ago, and that was the last time that most of us had even used our gelli plates. I've never actually used mine at home. For those of you wondering what the heck a Gelli Plate is: it is a tool for making deliciously wonderful and surprising monoprints. You can use acrylic paint and all kinds of textured things to create the prints. Here's a peek.
I don't generally rush out to buy fancy art tools, but this one is definitely worth the cost. You can create lots of interesting papers to use in art projects in an afternoon. I came away from our play date afternoon with about 80 unique papers. Here are a few of my favourites:
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