Gelli Print Transfer

There has been a Gelli Plate in my stash for years.  I have played with it a lot, but not had a lot of success.   Many folks show lovely things they create with the plate.  Having seen these and some image transfers other folks have done has been a bit frustrating.  

Today I watched a YouTube video showing how one user does an inkjet printer transfer.  I had heard that this was impossible. Most transfers are done with glossy magazines or laser prints. 

After watching it,  I looked in my printer paper stash - because she said you need a specific brand of glossy business paper. None in my stash of course.   But there were some inkjet transparencies.  So I tried one - complete failure.   If at first.......

I found a variety pack of papers that came as a bonus  with purchase from HP. There was some glossy brochure paper in there.  Using the PDF I had created with three images (the one that failed on the transparency) it was time to print again.    This print was cut into three pieces to separate the images. 

First try - OMG!

Pretty darn good, I say. 

I do see that my Gelli plate is showing some wear, but the image transferred!

Next - eh, not as good.  I think paint choice matters also.

And last, yet a different image and a different paint. 

Oops too much paint - it needs to be a thin layer.  
I pulled it once -fail,  but that got a lot of the paint off.

Using a rubber tipped tool, I carved some lines in above and below.

Here is that pulled print.

Not perfect, but it certainly worked. 

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FFO Mishmash

This has been an interesting week.  Caregiving is not for the weak/timid soul.  It is a paradox of both rough and rewarding.   It also takes a lot of time.  Hence, I have nothing new to share.  But, I did find that Mom had kept an old drawing that I had forgotten doing.  The paper is showing some age - yellowing and brown spots.  It is signed "E B" - which means it was done years ago. ("E" for Eugene) 

Now here is a photo of me and a couple of other guys, backstage when I was doing a play.

The Play was "Anything Goes"  I was a passenger and these guys were crew on the ship.

And from travel, here is a photo I took in a museum in Mexico

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A New Stitched Artwork

For the first two weeks in January, a friend and I went on a cruise.  I had not been on a vacation of even a week since 2018, so I was overdue.  Part of my planning was to prepare some handwork to carry with me. Honestly, I don't know if that bag got packed or not.  I am certain that I didn't stitch a single stitch while I was on vacation. -And that was fine by me.  I rested, played and just generally enjoyed my break from being Mom's caregiver. 

So,  I had a prepared piece with everything I needed to work on it in a tote bag. 
I took that bag to Mom's and worked on doing all of the hand stitching.  I really enjoyed it. 

Better yet,  I got it all ready for the quilting phase.  I did that quilting on Friday and added a backing to it. It is now ready to be put on a canvas for hanging.   I thought that I had a canvas ready - but, no of course the one that is ready is the wrong size. 

For the photo, I just placed it over another piece that is mounted on canvas and happens to be the correct size. 

It appears a bit nore colorful in person.  I love it. 

I have made several of these in the past.  Those showed up in my Library Gallery Show

back in 2023.  Happily all of those sold.  

Now I have this new one and this one that is hanging in my bedroom for now. 

Perchance, I will have another show and sell these also.

I would certainly love to sell some of my artwork- why?  
I need room to make more!

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Memories of Mexico - Friday Faces

Some of my readers know that I have spent some vacation times in Mexico.  The first visit was on a cruise many years ago.  One stop was in Cancun, where we took a cooking class excursion.  I have to say that it was so much fun doing this excursion.  I even have a photo showing me cooking. 

On another trip, where we actually stayed in a rental in Mexico, I had taken my pennywhistle

(a type of flute/whistle) and was playing it in the main square, mostly for myself. 

I was approached by two young ladies who were on vacation also.  They had been taking photos of each other.  They asked if they could have photos with me.  I said "Okay if you will take some with my camera also."  

Mariela and Gene

Dasy and Gene

(Dah-see)             

Apparently they thought I was something "special" there. Ha ha. Probably due to my craziness of playing the pennywhistle in public.  My post from 2013 about it is here

Gene at the Train Museum

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