That sinking feeling... I've been binge-watching Robyn McClendon recently when I get the chance. She is awesome with the gel press and I'm learning a lot. I got the idea of the bathmat from Froyle, and was interested to see that Robyn had also bought one, independently of Froyle, and was using it…
I had an Amazon delivery the other day, and after Ruby had finished sitting in the box, I thought it might be useful in the studio to put things in. The flaps were too large to fold inside neatly, so I trimmed them down. The strips were a bit damaged, showing the corrugated…
Before I get started on the main theme of this post, I'd like to share what arrived from Ebay recently. Glorious hand-made papers A fabulous mixed collection of 20 sheets of A4 hand-made papers. They are all quite thick, and deeply textured, and the most beautiful earthy natural colours. They also have genuine…
Does anyone deserve to have as much fun as I am having at the moment? Playing with my new stencils and masks, and my gel press, are giving me soooo much pleasure! Spraying inks and making a glorious mess I began by testing out my new Oriental script block stencils that I wrote…
Shoshi is going to need rehab! I can well understand why people say that gel printing is addictive. I can't remember when I had so much fun in my studio as I had this afternoon, trying out my new stencils with the gel plate. There is something incredibly satisfying about brayering the paint…
Shoshi's brainstorm When I was doing the work for the last blog post on the subject of my stencils, I think I was having some sort of brainstorm! Later, I couldn't believe how stupid I'd been - somehow I was unable to wrap my head around the whole stencil/mask business, and added bridges…
Why spoil a perfectly good ruler? A couple of weeks ago I found a spare plastic 12-inch ruler and knew I would put it to good use, having seen a really good YouTube video recently. This person had taken her ruler out into the garden and deliberately damaged the edge of it against…
Drying the papers It took over 24 hours for my faux rice papers to dry sufficiently to peel them off the plastic sheet. Following the instructions on the video where she suggests gently curling the very edge of each piece with the brush while the paper is still wet, it made it a…
Experiments with Stabilo Woodies Stabilo Woodies are an excellent way of laying down large blocks of colour quickly, and they work best as a final layer because not everything will stick on a waxy surface. Unfortunately, one doesn't usually want the blocking in of colour to be the final layer, but rather the…
I am delighted to have finished my inkpad storage unit. Finishing the labels Late last night, I completed the labels both for the unit and for the inkpads. The darker unit labels were written with a white pen. On the left is the scratch paper I created when inking the inkpad labels. The…
