Wanderlust- Gouache on gelli plate

Here is some work I have been doing for 

Wanderlust 2018. This is for a class by Jamie Avery called Nostalgic Summer. It's gelli plate printing using gouache, which is a new technique for me. The subject is "Meadows", and I used a very

small gelli plate which was 3" square.
#eaclasses #wanderlustclass

Gelli print with gouache-"Meadows" , version 1

Gelli print with gouache- "Meadows", version 2

Meadows page from my art journal

Caversham Arts Trail 2018

I am busy preparing for the Caversham Arts Trail at the moment. I have been printing on fabric using a gelli plate. It's great fun, but it's rather addictive! I have been making a rainbow of colours.

Tag Tuesday-Farms, Fields and Patchwork Landscapes

This week the theme on Tag Tuesday is Farms, Fields and Patchwork Landscapes.            

I have used a Gelli printed landscape this week as a tag. I have been drawing textures into the Gelli plate, then taking a print. The idea came from Linda Germain in an online course. I am still working on variations of this, with different colour combinations and styles. The landscape is my version of Tuscany, Italy, which we visited this summer.

Leaf printing on fabric

Following the gelli printing I did with leaves on paper, I

have been doing the same on fabric. 

I am pleased with the results.

I just used leaves from the garden. Sage

and lemon balm gave the best prints,  and I have

an endless supply of them.

The fabric I used was some I had printed earlier with 

Procion dyes. The colours which worked best were

greens and blues, with copper and silver. The ones I did

with pinks and purples were quite interesting too.

Now I am thinking how I can make stitched pieces with 

the fabric I have produced. Maybe some  hand embroidery will

look good......

Gelli plate in use for leaf printing

Underside of leaf

Leaf print on fabric

Leaf print on fabric

Tag Tuesday-Wings and Words

I have made a tag for this week's Tag Tuesday, for the Wings and 

Words theme. I haven't been participating in the weekly challenges recently.

This is because I have been getting ready for our local

Open Studio, The Caversham Arts Trail, where I showed some of my  stitched textiles

 work.

If you would like to read more about it and see some photos, you can find

it on my blog,here

Here is my Wings and Words tag.

The background is printed on a gelli plate. I used  the butterfly wings 

 from a greetings card. The picture was from A

 Midsummer Night's Dream  by Elsie Piper Harding, which was an illustration 

for the Tatler, December 11th 1929.

The words I used came from the Dalai Lama:-" Give the ones

 you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay."

Tag Tuesday-TextureTuesday

I was thrilled with this week's theme on Tag Tuesday,

 as I absolutely love

texture, as you can guess by my blog being called Texture Trail!

I couldn't resist using the word Tuesday and making 

a textured tag with it!

For the background I used my favourite printing

technique with a gelli plate, creating texture using salt

and different types of acrylic paints. For the letters I used

gesso through a stencil which made it stand up in relief, then

cut out  the letters.

I took a photo of my tag against a wooden board, as I 

thought the grain of fabric would show it off well.

Tag Tuesday-Winter Wonderland

The first theme of the year for Tag Tuesday is Winter Wonderland.

For my Winter Wonderland tag I have combined some of my 

favourite things:- gelli printing, wooden print blocks, snowflakes 

and washi tape.