Hello and welcome to the Gelli Arts® blog!
It’s Birgit here today with some exciting news.
Maybe you remember that almost 2 years ago, I made a video about the image resist printing technique. It was an exciting new technique and many people tried it. Some with amazing results, but there were also quite some people who didn’t get it to work. It was a challenging technique where you needed to have all the variables right and I think it’s safe to say that a lot of people got sad, frustrated and gave up.
Today, I have some great news for all those people! I discovered another way of doing image resist printing that is much easier and has a way higher success rate.
The magic ingredient is StazOn!
I tried this technique with more than 10 different magazines and brochures, combined with 6 different types/brands of paint and my success rate was over 95%. The failures had to do with too much rubbing or too much paint, but all combinations worked.
So, if you wanted to do image transfers on the gel plate, but they never worked for you, then check out this video, give it a shot, and image resist printing may be your new favorite thing to do ☺
Instructions:
1. Apply a nice even layer of StazOn to the Gelli Arts® gel printing plate.
2. Let the ink dry.
3. Roll out some paint on a sheet of paper.
Note: make sure your brayer is covered with a thin layer of paint before you touch the gel plate. A dry/clean brayer will lift up the ink.
4. Apply a thin and even layer of paint on top of the ink with your brayer.
5.Then place the magazine image on top while the paint is still wet and rub carefully.
6. Then remove the image.
Note: if there is not enough ink left on the plate, then you probably rubbed too much. You can carefully lift up the image to see if you need more rubbing. The more absorbent the magazine paper is, the less pressure you need.
7. Apply a new thin layer of paint, there is no need to let the first layer dry.
8. Place your printing paper on top while the paint is still wet and rub firmly. Pull- et voila!
Note: if there is still ink left on the plate then you probably used too much paint. You only need a thin layer to pick up the ink.
Remember- your prints don’t have to be perfect! If you want perfect, it’s easier to make a photo copy ☺ Be sure to share with us your image resist prints by tagging us @gelliarts and #gelliarts !
Thank you for stopping by and happy printing!
-Birgit
Materials:
Magazines tested: Harper’s Bazaar, Nouveau, Jan, Elle, Linda., Marie Claire, Margriet, Vogue, Happinez, Flow, and a couple of cheap brochures I received in the mail.
Paints tested: DecoArt premium, Talens Amsterdam Standard Series, Americana, DecoArt Media Fluid, Gelli Arts®, Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body and Liquitex Soft Body.
StazOn colors tested: Jet Black, Midnight Blue, Olive Green and Royal Purple. I also tried to do this with pigment inks but they didn’t work.
Other products used: Gelli Arts® 3×5″ Gel Printing Plate, Speedball Brayer, heavy (200gr.) copier paper.
Giveaway time!
We are giving away 2 StazOn ink pads and a 3×5″ Gelli Arts® Gel Printing Plate to one lucky winner!
To enter: leave a comment on this blog post and we will randomly draw a winner. Deadline is Sunday, December 23, 2019 11:59PM ET. Good luck!
Instructions for Image Transfers:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bx9l42fsqm4gw7/Laser%20Image%20Transfer%20Prints%20%281%29.pdf?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ng0jwaf9gbajp10/Magazine%20Image%20Transfers%20%281%29.pdf?dl=0
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I'm continually amazed by the creativity of these artists! I still haven't grasped how wet paint enables the image to be transferred to the paper, but I'm mesmerised nonetheless!
So excited to try this – I’ve had some success with image transfer randomly – could never seem to replicate what worked. Thank you for sharing your experiments with the rest of us!! Go.artspace@yahoo.com @go.artspace
Tolle Idee!
Werde ich ausprobieren….
Danke für die Verlosung.
Gruss Judith
Fantastic results..I'm giving it a whirl now.
What a great way to do image transferring..
Thanks for sharing.
I am definitely going to try this – think my stazon pad might be a bit dry tho….
Brilliant technique one I am definitely going to try.
I'm gifting myself more time to play,craft and paint after the new year.this technique will be at the top of my list! Thank you
Amazing. So much easier. Thank you.
Amazing technique. Thank you for sharing. Now to go and try it.
Thank you so much. I am very excited to try this with Stazon.
thank you so much for sharing this- I am going to try this soon- wow
I can't wait to try this out! Thanks for sharing this.
These turned out soooo good! Thank you for figuring this out and sharing with us! I know what I'm gonna be doing this weekend!
You make it look so easy! I’m off to give it a try!
Thank you for continually amazing us with your creativity! I have tried the other method with varied results. Can’t wait to get started on this.
I was indeed one of those who gave up after a few failures with this particular technique…your updated process gives me the motivation to try again with confidence…thank you so much…I get such pleasure from my gelli Art plates, making backgrounds in particular. Di x
I have recently just started working gelliarts products and am finding it amazing as all the ways to use them . It would be so awesome to win and get to challenge my own creativity.Thanks for giving us the opportunity.
creativity. Thanks for the opportunity,
There are so many things on my To-doo-list already but I have to try this one. So exciting …..
Interesting technique. Love your results. Thank you for sharing!
How fabulous! I’ve had some small success with transfers but nothing clicked what you achieved. Can’t wait to try!
Thank you for the tutorial. It does look easy. Curious to try it!
Thank you so much, Birgit! Yes, I tried your previous blog post about image resist using magazines and had a success rate of about 25%. Couldn't get the hang of it, so I have a good feeling about this way. Back to my pile of magazines!
I am amazed at your creativity😍! I never would have thought to use staz on.,
I haven't tried this technique! Looks like fun!
Looking forward to trying this technique. I've tried the magazine transfer many times with no success. Looking for my Stazon . . .
It seems that every class I teach someone wants to do resist printing and although I've been successful with previous techniques I've been hesitant to teach it…..but THIS technique – WOW! Definitely a winner. Thanks so much for continuously coming up with knock out designs and projects.
Fantastico risultato! Da provare assolutamente
I can not wait to try this!
I was one of those frustrated people who only randomly got a good print. I love the look when it turns out, I will be happy with a 50% success rate. Will let you know
I love the look of the imperfect image. What a fun way to do this.
Incredible how you all keep coming up with new techniques and materials to use!
I started working with a Gelliplate again after quite a long time and tried the 'old' image transfer technique recently. I'm looking forward to try out this new technique. I have been browsing the blog and I think that slowly I can use most of my old stamping and art journaling materials on the Gelliplate!
Wow, this I will try for sure, have never tried transfer because it seemed too "iffy" but now I will give it a try with this technique. Thanks so much for sharing!
I love my Gelli plate. I look forward to each and every new concept.
Looks amazing, will have to try it.
This looks amazing! I really want to try this!
So excited to try this.
I want to try this technique!
This is fascinating. I really want to try this technique!
Can’t wait to try this. Would it work with a laser jet copy of a photograph?
Wow! Those are great! Super excited to try this technique! Thank you for sharing and inspiring me.
I AM defenitly Young tot try this! IT looks like so much fun.
I can't wait to try this. Thanks for giving us new techniques that you have thoroughly tried and tested. I appreciate the Blog Post for reference.
Cannot wait to try this! I was in the frustrated & sad group! Thanks so much for figuring this out and sharing ❤
Wow, thanks so much for this great tutorial- I can't wait to try it!!
This looks amazing. It looks like magic. Will have to . give it a try
Fantastic work & discovery! Bravo! I'd love to try this!
I've only tried image resist once before with disappointing results. I'm anxious to try this method! Thanks Birgit, you're a genius!
What a great technique with a beautiful outcome. I’m gonna try this in the holidays. Thanks Birgit for your easy to follow tutorial.
Wow, this is an interesting technique to try. The instructions aren't cumbersome, and I may be able to take m art up a notch. Thanks for making this tutorial.
Wow need to get some inks I guess!