Finishing the unfinished Gel prints
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- In this months video I am dealing with the ever growing pile of gelli prints that just need that little something to finish them, as always some things work and some things don't. I'm on a journey of discovery so let's see how I change the mundane into the fabulous.
Happy Crafting
Ceri
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Oh Ceri, I'm Carrie also, from North Carolina in the USA. Your TH-cam was recommended to me a few weeks ago and I have been watching all your fabulous tutorials. I've been making journals for 6 years but you do some things that I have never seen and that gets me excited to try new things. Obviously I don't know you but you seem like such a kind soul. I have had a gelli plate in the original wrapper for 2 years and never opened it until yesterday. You have put that fire inside of me to do some gelli printing. I'm hoping for a good outcome. 🦋
Carrie, thank you and welcome, just have fun with it after all its only paper and paint…..no judgement, just play.
Hey Carrie--Kerrie here--lol
I discovered Mr. Griffiths not too long ago too (SUCH a great teacher)--I've learned loads from him. I also discovered another Kari here in the comments on several of his vids and for fun made this vid--thought you'd get a kick out of it--Carrie/Ceri/Kari/Kerrie's Unite! 😂🤣😂 th-cam.com/video/k-Jltv2Jxyg/w-d-xo.html
What a wonderful experience watching you create beautiful pieces.
Thank you
I love that blue in purple it's so beautiful
I get so happy and excited when you post a new gelli print video. I could watch your gelli print videos 24/7. Minus sleep of course. Your videos are so relaxing and interesting to watch. I am so glad I found your channel. You do such amazing gelli printing and mix media art. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
Thank you Debbie for your kind comment and welcome to my channel
Very helpful with remembering to know when to stop. I always want more!
Oh yes, the point where it goes from great to not so great is a very fine line.
Lovely Gelli print fun! Thanks for turning on the camera as you played! Love and hugs, dear friend! ❤️
Thank you being creative and my Gel printing is my happy places
Great results. I enjoyed watching.
Love&hugs to you and Biscuit.
Thank you Darcy, I hope you’re doing well, I often see you on the lives for PM, Biscuit and I say hi. If you ever want to do a challenge, just you and I, send me a PM and we’ll try and arrange something.
Gelli print is like finding a special stone or seashell while out on a short adventure
To true
So much fun watching you work! Thank you for sharing ❤️.
You’re welcome, thank you
👍👍I love seeing how you finish these off.
Thank you
I love things in threes!!!!💜💜💜
It just feels natural
It’s been fun watching. You got some beautiful prints!
Thank you
Really like your frame for the gelli plate. So clever
Thank you
Hi, Ceri!!! You have a wonderful imagination!!! I love your designs & colors!!! ♥️♥️♥️. I especially love your hint or tip of brayering off the brayer on mailing labels … I’ve got circular ones in addition to rectangular!!!
I also do the small circular ones as they make little patches of colour that are sometimes all you need for a number or a letter on a page or in a collage.
Those are gorgeous. And I’m finding the whole process fascinating. I had never seen gelli printing before I found your channel recently. It looks a lot of fun!
I’m on a learning path myself so I encourage you to watch others as well as there’s so much you can create with a gelli plate .
Hello again Ceri -- actually watching this for a second time for inspiration :) You're probably aware of this but it has occurred to me to mention that when you'd like to preserve something subtle on the gel plate to add to a print if you pick it up with matte or gel medium you can get what you'd like to add without having to add another color as well. Always enjoy watching you gel print -- even a second time❤
Thank you, I’ve must admit I’ve known about using Matt gel medium on my plate but when I’m in the throws of creativity always forget that, thank you again for the reminder.
Oh ceri. Your prints look finished to me before adding anything! I guess I don't have an artists eye! Thanks for sharing your vision
Art is all down to personal taste and choices therefore they could have been called complete at as any at stage and I could just as easily have made them worse.
That Nautilus is so cool. I was rooting for silver on that.
Lol....I don’t use silver often
I really enjoyed this 💜 love listening to you also. I have many videos using alcohol ink on my gel plate with a "special sauce" using hand sanitizer. I also spray with strait Alcohol. My plate is great but I make sure to give it a good oil rundown often. I have even given it a Murphy's oil bubble bath once when paper was stuck. It won't hurt it. Thank you for sharing your amazing work with us today too! 💜
Interesting, thank you for the info, I’ll have to find you on TH-cam. Have a great day.
@@CeriGriffiths aw you are amazing! Thank you 😊💕
Great bubble wrap tip.
Thank you
Another wonderful hour packed full with inspiration, creativity, encouragement and education. You are a master of teaching as you share your work and rationale behind what you do. Thank you!
You’re welcome Anne
✨🌼❣️Thanks❣️🌼✨
Iam keep on learing from you and its so much a joy ❣️❣️❣️
Thank you very much for shareing 🥰🙏
You’re welcome
Am I loving it?....Maybe not. Love your turn of phrase.
Lol.....thank you
Still haven’t unwrapped my Gelli plate yet Ceri 🥴 but I love watching you do yours. When I find some space, I will start. My dining room is my craft room at moment and it’s jam packed with craft stuff! No room to dine in there
LOL....we've all been in that situation.
Great prints ! I live how they turned out 💖
So do I thank you
Sometimes when I want to lift the paint left on the gel press without adding any new colors I use soft gel medium with wonderful success. You could use any of the clear mediums but I have found the soft gel works best. I enjoyed watching you finishing up your prints and I appreciate you sharing your thoughts and techniques!
Thanks for the great tip. Is there a particular brand name you use. I am sure I have never seen “soft gel.”
@@ludmilaschicchi8278 I use the brand Golden, lots of wonderful products, I love their paint too!
@@nancylongacre5507 Thank you. I will look it up. Kind of you getting back to me.
Thank you Nancy, I also use Matt medium from time to time if I want a clear lift
Blue and green
I very much like when you let us know your thinking process when you're designing. This is a great video, and can't wait to see what you're making with these beautiful papers.
Thank you Connie, not sure what I’ll make just yet.
I do use hand sanitizer on my plate, because I also use alcohol inks and blending solution on my plate. It hasn't hurt the gelli plate at all.
Thank you I’ll have to give it a go.
I LOVE watching you create with the Gelli plates!!! Can’t wait to get myself and play along with you! 🤗🤗.
That’d be fun
I don't do gelly print, but I love these videos. Thank you Ceri!
Susan, i watch a lot of TH-cams and the majority of videos I watch are in skills I don’t do, but they do inspire me to try crossing over techniques from one discipline to another.
Always enjoy watching you gel print Ceri ❤
Thank you
Love the aqua and gold page! Thanks for sharing your process of finishing pages!
You're welcome
Love watching you play with your gelli plate. You have inspired me to play with mine. I made some of the mark makers with funky foam and I love them. Thank you 💜
You're welcome
I'm going to be doing gelli printing soon! I can't wait! I've always been kind of intimidated of it but like you said, I can always use it in a collage.
That's the way I've always heard Mandala pronounced.
Thank you
Fabulous! Before I knew it the hour was up! So fascinating and I love how you talk thru your thought process. I do that too but there’s nobody watching and maybe the dog is listening lol. That TH stencil is “flourish”.....I recognized it immediately. You have inspired me to give my plates a go again. Couple questions.... what do you have your large plate mounted on? How do you store your plates? How do you use your “clean up”sheets? Do you have videos showing how the primary pages are used? (Sorry I’m new to your channel and maybe those questions are answered elsewhere) TYFS! Loving your channel ❤️🦋💜
Hi Cindy, thank you for watching and I hope these are the answers you we’re looking for : I have my gel plates on acrylic panels, this makes them easy to move around for filming also if I wish to position something onto an already printed piece of art I can turn the plate upside down and position the gel print exactly where I want it, I store my plates with a piece of paper on each side and then in a large shallow plastic storage box, I use my clean up sheets in collage pieces or other pieces of art (I’ve a large box of them that I dip into when I’m creating), I am about to film a video where I show the different uses I put my printed pages to if thats what you mean by how do I use my primary pages. Any further questions just let me know.
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I recommend an acrylic retardant medium to add if you live in a dry climate. Wonderful product to give you some time. Great work!
Thank you Stacey I have considered a retardant for my metallics.
Did you mark the yellow paint bottle with transparency (T, ST or O) for future reference?
Mmmmmm,. Good question I’m not sure I did, but I do have a swatch book that I record those bits of information in so maybe its in there, I’ll have to check.
What type of paper do you use for your gelli prints. I usually like deli paper
Diane I use every thing from tissue paper to light card stock it depends on what I’m going to use the prints for.
Maybe it’s just me, but the paint seems like it’s drying awfully quick on you tonight. But as usual they are turning out beautiful!
You’re right Robyn but the problem is ever paint is different, if its metallic it seems to dry quickly, if its highly pigmented it dries quickly, sometimes if its high flow it dries quickly….but its never consistent because of the weather and how thick or thin I brayer it on.
Use scotch tape to clean plate
I do use the wide packing tape to clean my plate or mineral oil, it just depends on what mood I’m in or how lazy I’m feeling on the day….Lol