Gel Printers Summit 2023 supply lists
Tara Axford supply list:
•Gel plate
•A selection of acrylic paints (Tara uses a mix Golden Open primaries with black white, and paynes green grey)
•Photocopy paper, 200gsm card for backing additional projects
•Yupo paper (or plastic film/old X-ray)
•Glue
•Double sided tape
•Optional: bamboo barren
Jane Faase supply list:
•Gel plate - For travel I recommend either the 5" x 7" or the 6" square. Keep in its original packaging with the acetate
•Journal - You can buy or make one. Recommend smooth to slightly textured paper. This will give you the best surface to print onto. Choose a size to suit your gelplate.
•Smartphone or Tablet - For collecting photos and editing
•Roller or Brayer - The 2" roller is perfect for the smaller plates and good economy of size when travelling. I recommend Speedball Soft Rubber Rollers.
•Black Acrylic Paint - I recommend Amsterdam Oxide Black or Liquitex Mars Black. You can take just one tube of paint and create a beautifully elegant travel journal!
•Matte Medium - My favourite is Liquitex Matte Medium. It has a great lid to dispense the medium.
•Art Tissue or Deli paper - Cut to size to suit gelplate
•A sharp pencil and/or black waterproof fineliner pen - Great to write the location and date in your journal and other notes.
•Masking Tape - to seal liquids and secure your gelplate
•Plastic Sheet - to protect surfaces in hotel room
•Baby wipes
•Paper towel
•Scrap paper to roll off onto - Also protects your gelplate when travelling
•Lunchbox or similar to pack everything in
•Other Art Supplies - Endless! Whatever you have time and space for
Susan McCreevy supply list:
Here are the supplies used in the course. I would encourage you to use what you have on hand before rushing out to buy everything on this list. Many of the items can be substituted to a brand from your own country which works out to be more cost effective.
•Gelli Plate. There are lots of different brands of gel plates but the type I use is Gelli Arts. They come in various sizes, 5x7” is a great size to get started with.
• Brayer or (roller). A 15cm width one is a good size to get started.
• Acrylic paint. Any acrylic paints or acrylic paint pens will work on the gel plate.
• Paper. The papers I use in this course is regular A4 copy paper.
• Mark making tools. Plastic palette knife, glue spreader, cotton buds, old credit card silicon clay tool.
• Cutting tools. Scissors, craft knife, metal ruler, cutting mat
• Paint brushes. My favourite brushes are acrylic brushes that are quite stiff as they are better for blending paint. A shader/flat brush selection pack of sizes is great to get started.
• Glue. I used Yes Paste to glue the papers down as it avoids the paper becoming wrinkled. Matte medium also works well for gluing down papers, be aware it may wrinkle the paper when wet.
• Substrate. I used a 30 x 30cm wooden cradleboard for this lesson. You could do the lesson in a sketchbook or on a sheet of mixed media paper. A hard surface is preferable for collage.
Nadya Borisevich supply list:
• Gel printing plate 8x10
• acrylic paints (dark and light colors)
• rubber printmaking roller
• printmaking/mixed media paper
• adhesive craft foam 2mm
• couple of small pieces of cardboard
• scissors
Birgit Koopsen supply list:
• Gelli Arts® gel printing plate 5”x7”
• Speedball soft rubber brayer
• Masking tape in different sizes - any brand will work
• Acrylic paint - I use Talens Amsterdam and Liquitex but any brand will work
• Texture tools - I am using Gelli Arts® stencils and some found objects/handmade stamps but you can use whatever you have on hand
• Scissors
• Optional: hair dryer
• A piece of chipboard in your desired size
• Liquitex matte medium
• Flat brush
• Paint markers in a variety of colors - I’m using Posca but any brand will work
• Gray pencil
• White acrylic paint
• Derwent intense watercolor pencils
• Small brush
• Optional: little (circle) foam stamp + (Archival) ink pad
• Optional: heat tool
Tania Ahmed supply list:
• Gelli Arts Mini Gel Printing Plates
• Archival Ink Pads
• Distress Oxides Ink Pads
• Texture Making Supplies – bubble wrap
• Acrylic block
• Smooth white cardstock 100 gsm 12x12 or cut into a square
• Brayer
Giovanna Zara supply list:
• GelliArts® 8x10'' gel printing plate
• brayer
• acrylic paint
• Fabriano MultiPaper 160 gsm
• book pages, old prints, patterned papers
• talc powder and/or crystal pigments* (instant coffee works, too)
• pokey tool
• ruler
• elastic cord
• corrugated cardstock
• eyelet setter and eyelets (optional)
• washi tape (optional)
• scissor, ruler, PVA glue, a rag or spare paper
Crystal pigments are widely available on the market, some brands:
• Cosmic Shimmer Pixie
• Brusho
• Indigo Blu Luscious
• Ranger Perfect Pearls
• PaperArtsy Infusions
• Nuvo Shimmer Powders
• Lindy's Magical Powders
Sally Hirst supply list:
• For the print; a sheet of thin and absorbent paper ie rice paper or teabag paper. There is a blog post about papers on my website, the video there is also on my youtube channel.
• For the collage; a firm thick paper. I use 250gm water colour paper
• Blog post about paper; Paper! Part 2...achieving transparency. - Sally Hirst
• Youtube https://youtu.be/IRL3J5E_qHA
• 3 transparent colours, preferably fluid but any consistency will be fine. I used Raw Umber, Indian Yellow, Quin. Burnt Orange.
• 1 opaque, this can be fluid or heavy body. I used titanium white HB tinted with a little fluid raw sienna.
• Gloss medium
• Brayer/roller
• Spreader
• Water spritzer; fine not garden
• Gel plate
• Base for gel plate so that you can move it without disturbing it ( I use an acrylic block but acrylic magnetic frames are also good)
• Brush
• Patience
Kim Herringe supply list:
• Gel plate - 8”x10” You can adapt this printing sequence to a larger or smaller gel plate.
• 4” brayer (roller)
• Acrylic paint I work with Golden OPEN acrylic paints. Their slow drying time suits how I like to print. Substitute - If you don’t have a slow-drying acrylic, add an extender or retarder to your paint, or print each impression quickly so you can pick up each layer of paint before it dries on the plate.
• Papers for printing 3 papers, each 42cm long x 18cm high. I worked with 150gsm cartridge/drawing paper. A medium- to heavy-weight paper works well for how we will use this paper in part 2 of the workshop.
• Botanicals A selection of leaves in different shapes and sizes.
• Substitute - If you don’t use baby wipes, clean your plate and brayer as you normally would.
• Paper - Spine and covers Use one of the 3x printed papers from video part 1.
• Paper - Book pages 16 papers each 21cm long x 9cm high. A light- to medium-weight paper works best. I worked with unprinted 110gsm paper cartridge (drawing) paper. You can also create these sheets from pre-printed papers.
• Sewing template Scrap paper - 10cm long x 9cm high.
• Scissors/craft knife.
• Ruler
• Glue stick
• Bone folder
• Bookbinding needle Substitute - Use any needle if you don’t have a bookbinding needle. A Tapestry or Chenille needle works well.
• Linen thread Substitute - Cotton thread, which isn’t as strong as linen thread. Nylon thread and dental floss are stronger than cotton. Note - The thread does not need to be waxed.
• Bookbinding Awl Substitute - Thin skewer or thick needle.
• Paper - Spine. This is the RED paper shown in the video. Use one of your 3x printed papers from video part 1.
• Paper - Book pages 32 papers each 21cm long x 9cm high.
• Paper - Inside accordion. This is the GREEN paper shown in the video. 1 long sheet of paper 224cm long x 6cm high. I worked with a large pre-printed paper, printed with the same approach as demonstrated in video part 1. You may need to join a few papers together to make this sheet long enough.
• Paper - Decorative folios. These are the YELLOW papers shown in the video. 15 papers each 10cm long x 6cm high. I worked with a pre-printed papers from my print stash.
• Sewing template #1 Scrap paper - 10cm long x 6cm high.
• Sewing template #2 Scrap paper - 10cm long x 9cm high.
• Linen thread I worked with coloured linen thread.
• Substitute - same as noted above.
• Scissors/craft knife, ruler, glue stick, bone folder and bookbinding awl as noted above.
Jayne Emerson supply list:
• Gel plate
• Brayer
• Open acrylics. Brilliant if you need a little more time to arrange your textiles on the plate as they don’t dry as quickly as normal acrylics. They tend to be thinner and create beautiful prints but are not so opaque on fabric and not good when you want to add another colour before pulling the print due to the drying time.
• Standard acrylics. Great for fast printing, have everything ready and work quickly. These work really well for printing on fabric and paper. I tend to use a lot of Titanium white and Mars black.
• Fabric medium. The secret ingredient if you want more permanent designs on your fabric. Mix this 50/50 with acrylic to create a thinner fabric paint that, once heat-set, is completely washable. The thinner consistency also means that the fabric will have more drape.
• A selection of fabrics, threads and yarns. Use reclaimed fabric, sports nets, torn strips, lace, net curtains, old clothes and household linens. Revisit old work, cut it into strips or shapes, play with off cuts from dressmaking projects, print with ribbons, cotton tape and yarn. Basically, just try everything... but try to avoid anything that sheds lots of fi bres as this can get messy!
Jennifer Douglas supply list:
• Any Cardboard packaging you may find around the house.
• Plywood or any smooth wood surfaces
• Mount board offcuts, smooth surface works well
• Golden Open Acrylics used - Carbon Black,Titanium White,Titan Green Pale, Titan Buff, Yellow Ochre, Sap Green, Green Gold, Prussian Blue
• Gelplate - 12”x14”
• 4” brayer
• Smooth glass lid from a jar - used as a barron.
• Plastic palette knives for applying acrylics to gelplate
Marsha Valk supply list:
• A photograph
• Coloured pencils (Faber-Castell Polychromos)
• Horizontally flipped copies of that photograph printed on heavy copy paper (200 gsm) - I needed 6 in total
• Cutting and measuring equipment (craft mat, ruler, craft knife, precision scissors, regular scissors)
• Copy or scrap paper
• Gelli Arts® 8"x10" Printing Plate
• Paper (Clairefontaine Simili Japon Printing Paper 130 gsm - 9.5"x12.5")
• Acrylic paint (Golden OPEN acrylics - You can also use a retarder or slow-dry medium with your regular acrylics if you find your paint dries to fast).
• Soft rubber brayer
• Pencil sharpener
• Eraser
Optional:
• Glue stick
• Gelli Arts® Mini Placement Tool
• Charcoal powder
• Cosmetic sponge
Mark Yeates supply list:
• Image 1 from resource folder
• Inkjet printout (20 x 25cm) onto A4 copier paper
• 20 x 25cm Gelli Arts plate
• Crayola jumbo wax crayon
• Cray-Pas oil pastel
• Waste-paper bin for texture rubbing
• Amsterdam paints for drawing transfer and hand painting
• Brushes for hand painting
• Brayers
• 300gsm Snowden paper for print
• Images 2, 3 and 4 from resource folder
• Laser printer printout (20 x 25cm) onto A4 copier paper
• 20 x 25cm Gelli Arts plate
• Amsterdam paints for photo transfer and hand painting
• A4 tracing paper
• Masking tape
• Glue stick
• Scissors / craft knife
• Collage papers
• Brushes for hand painting
• Brayers
• 300gsm Snowden paper for print
Drawing transfer / embossed drawing transfer demo
• Images 5 and 6
• Inkjet printout image 5 (20 x 25cm) onto A4 copier paper
• Inkjet printout image 5 (20 x 25cm) onto A4 140gsm drawing paper (for embossing stage)
• 20 x 25cm GelElf plate
• Crayola jumbo wax crayon
• Cray-Pas oil pastel
• Waste-paper bin and hessian (burlap) for texture-rubbing
• Amsterdam paints for drawing transfer and hand painting
• Brushes for hand painting
• Embossing pen / ball point pen
• Brayers
• 300gsm Snowden paper for print
Drew Steinbrecher supply list:
• Gel plate… any size will work.
• Brayer
• Acrylic paint. I have the most consistency with Liquitex BASICS.
• Paper to pull prints. Any kind and size of paper will work.
• Magazines… The pages should be coated (glossy). Fashion magazines, interior design magazines, and architecture magazines work the best. I find mine at thrift stores/charity shops.