Gelli Arts
Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plates
- Coquitlam (1 available)
- Downtown Vancouver (2 available)
- Granville Island (0 available)
- Kelowna (2 available)
- Langley (2 available)
- North Vancouver (1 available)
- Victoria (2 available)
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
Customer Reviews
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.
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.
