Making a Gelli Plate Stencil with a Glue Gun
July 29, 2023 • Naomi Southon
Creating a Gelli Plate stencil using a glue gun is a simple and effective technique that can add unique designs to your artwork. The glue gun, commonly used for bonding materials together, can also be utilized to create intricate stencils for various art projects.
Even More Cyanotype Tie Dye and Shibori
July 27, 2023 • Naomi Southon
Following on from the previous blog post using the tube technique these next few pieces were created using that technique but with various extra treatments and folding applied.
How well does a collagraph plate print on tea bag paper?
July 20, 2023 • Naomi Southon
I've had some success printing on to tea bag paper but I was a little bit sceptical as to how well it would pick up the details from a collagraph plate as the paper needs to make contact with lots of little grooves and channels in the plate. Here's the printing process I went through and the outcomes.
Cyanotype with Tea bag Paper
July 08, 2023 • Naomi Southon
One of the main projects I had in mind for the tea bag paper was cyanotype printing. Those of you who have followed my work on Facebook or Instagram will have seen previous cyanotypes I have made over the last year or so. I have created prints on a range of papers and fabric with varying success. Some papers are brilliant for showing detail in the prints whilst others have a less defined edge to the images. Unfortunately though, some of the papers that develop the best image quality disintegrate at the rinsing stage.
Tea bag paper project - gelli printing, painting and stitching
July 05, 2023 • Naomi Southon
Following on from the last post I wanted to incorporate some french knots into my next tea bag paper project to see how well it holds up. Again I create a mini canvas using the gelli plate but work in to it a lot with acrylic paint before stitching.