Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Gelli print collaged brush storage

Today I have a guest post on Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's blog, where I create variegated arrow strips using her Chevron stencil.  Thanks Julie, for letting me share my technique on your blog!  You can see my guest post here.

I thought I would provide some additional photos of the container that I collaged with the variegated arrow papers (as well as some other gelli prints that I have).

I bought this container at the thift store for a couple bucks. It is supposed to be for holding silverware, but I thought it would make a great brush and pen holder.

I only collaged the outside, leaving the interior lime green.  I put a coat of gesso on the outside, as my gelli prints on deli paper are somewhat translucent.

Here are a bunch of different gelli prints I used. I cut them into strips with my paper cutter, then cut then into rectangles and squares with scissors.

Here is my finished container!



8 comments:

  1. Congratulations on being the featured artist this week. I can't wait till you visit and we get to use some more Gelli printing techniques. I should try this collage technique for some herbal greeting card backgrounds. I would also like to try some Gelatos to see how that works with the stencils.

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  2. Thanks Mom! Looking forward to next week!

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  3. I LOVE your container...I found you on Julie's blog...you are the first one I've clicked over to...we like the same things! I enjoyed your post, I made a gelli plate once and had lots of fun with it...I am going to do it again...your imagination and Julie's stencils are perfect together! Thanks for the inspiration!!

    Nini~

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    1. Thanks Nini! Do you blog as well? I'd love to see what you are working on. I did another gelli print collage on a supply box and it will be posted Saturday if you want to take a look. I love Julie's stencils! I am looking forward to the holiday weekend to have a gelli print marathon.

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  4. Saw your guest post at Julie's...awesome technique that I'll be trying on my next Gelli day. Thanks for showing us your process! :)

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    1. Thanks Lujean! I hope you have fun gelli printing, I am sure you know how addicting it can be.

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  5. Also saw your post on Julie's website. Great work and I will happily be following what you do next.

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