Gelli Arts
Gelli Arts® Gel Printing Plates
Gelli Arts® Gel Printing Plates
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The Gel Printing Plate looks and feels like gelatin, but is durable, reusable, and stores at room temperature. It’s easy to clean, always ready for printing. Monoprinting on a Gelli plate is simple and fun, without the need for a press. Recommended for acrylic paints, however you can also use it with oil paints. Though it is easy to clean (use mild soap and a paper towel for acrylic paints, add baby oil to that formula for oil paints), you could try not cleaning it between some uses to play around with the residue for fun results. Use with fun textures, stencils and soft-tipped tools.
- Remove paint residue with hand sanitizer or baby wipes
- Store flat
- Will leach small amount of harm-free mineral oil if left on absorbent surfaces, such as wood; store in original container or in other non absorbent box
- Do not cover with plastic or wax paper
- Do not use pointy tools
- Keep away from open flame or other heat sources
SKU:GELMP1620
These gel printing plates accept various inks and paints including acrylics, water-based inks, and oil paints. Customers said the plates are "exciting" and "addictive" for monoprinting, offering "endless options" for creative projects. Setup and cleanup is quick. Great for paper and fabric prints, mandalas, and collage materials. Suitable for all skill levels.
- Monoprinting with these plates is addictive. There are endless options.
- Great warm up activity to get my creative juices flowing. Setup and clean up is quick.
- Wonderful detail and great way to use up Mother's Day bouquets.
GelliArts plates will accept a variety of inks and paints. I have used these with water based block printing ink, water soluble oil paint, and acrylic paint. I find gelli printing to be a great warm up activity to get my creative juices flowing. Set up and clean up is relatively quick.
I am loving the round plate and using it for making mandalas by pressing fresh flowers into the plate….wonderful detail and great way to use up Mother’s Day bouquets.
Am just at the beginning of experimenting but finding it very exciting!!!Hoping to be able to figure out how to do a good laser photocopy transfer 🧐
Lots of fun to make both paper and fabric images.
I love it! If you are willing to experiment and don’t need “perfect” results, monoprinting with Gelli plates is addictive. Even so so results can be added to and over printed in layers. There is tons of info on YouTube about how to get started. I had good results right away, even with magazine photo transfers. I’m using my hand printed papers as backgrounds for my sketches and pen and watercolour paintings. Because I am using acrylic paint, I can also use my pens right on the prints. There are endless options.
I've been waiting to get this for so long - it does not disappoint! So exciting to be able to make larger prints and collage papers - it will really help my larger format paintings to have this source of material.
It does what it is supposed to! This is the first printing plate I have bought. Having fun with it so far.
These are so fun! Bought for my 11 year old son, he has already done a bunch of prints and really enjoys it!