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Gel Print Journals—Plus!
October 5 @ 10:30 am - October 6 @ 4:30 pm
$336.00A 2-Day Workshop Intensive!
Saturday-Sunday, October 5-6, 10:30am-4:30pm
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About this Workshop:
If you have already taken the dive into the rabbit hole that is gel plate printing, then you likely have a load of prints that haven’t found a home yet. Here’s your chance! Learn tips for how to organize your prints for your own keeping in an organizer/sampler book, documenting colors, paper or other information so you can recreate the magic. Using various bookmaking and other construction techniques, you’ll also learn how to jazz up your prints to create your own journals and boxes – great ideas for gifting!
The workshop will cover: making additional prints; how to refresh old prints; paper alternatives (watercolor paper, rice paper, card stock, black paper, handmade paper, deli paper); cards collaged with gel prints; ideas for creating a Gel Print Sampler; Concertina book with hardcover; Threaded Skewer book; and a decorative Book/Card box.
Consider this an opportunity to refresh your memory on gel printing techniques and materials, and experiment with new applications. No matter what, you’re sure to find some new ideas and inspiration in this weekend workshop.
Level: Intermediate – Gel Plates and More! or similar experience (6 hours) with gel plate printing is required.
Registration extended to October 3, 2024. Material fees are included with your registration to cover the supplies provided in class. Students will need to gather/purchase additional materials for class (see the materials list below). This list will also be provided with the registration confirmation email.
Sample images by Sharon Robinson
CLASS MATERIALS LIST:
Registration includes a $22 materials fee to cover consumable materials provided in class, including extra papers, pigments, embellishments and hardware, glues and tape, and sewing supplies. Students will need to supply additional materials of their own, including:
- 8”x10” or larger gel plate
- Pad of 8”x10” or 9”x12” cold or hot press watercolor paper or mixed media paper
- Assortment of inexpensive acrylic paints, including black and white
- (optional) Personal apron (we’ll have extras) or wear clothes that can get messy
- (optional) Notepad/sketchbook to take notes
- (optional) Additional papers from your stash for printing on, such as rice paper, deli paper, found papers (sheet music, newspapers, maps, book pages, etc.), and old prints you want to refresh
- (optional) Any stamps and stencils you’d like to experiment with
- (optional) Any personal bookmaking tools you’d prefer to use over the classroom set: scissors (regular and decorative edged), Xacto knife/Olfa blade, awl, bone folder, ruler
YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Sharon Robinson is a mixed media artist specializing in abstract collage and assemblage currently residing in the Washington, D.C. area. She earned a master’s degree in urban design and community development from MIT and worked in the urban transit and development field for 20 years in Los Angeles and Portland, OR., prior to becoming a full-time artist in 1999. She has also been a muralist, instructor, gallery manager and arts program administrator. She exhibits her work in the Washington DC/Maryland area as well as other cities and teaches mixed media classes at the Smithsonian, The Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, VA, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Hyattsville, MD and other regional art centers, as well as in her personal studio. Her community activities include serving on the board of Pyramid Atlantic, the Mt. Rainier, MD Arts Commission and SCRAP-USA, a network of nonprofit creative reuse centers.. Learn more about her work at www.therobinsonstudio.com.