Gel Press: Simple Techniques

Shari Carroll shows some simple techniques to create background papers using the Gel Press, Impressables, paints, stencil and custom masks.

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[sylviastallings]

I love your creative techniques but I wish you would show your results as you pull them off the press. Not sure if it is deliberate but your papers are always out of frame. The bits I could see are lovely! Thank you.

[kevinmccarthy]

Very Clear presentation, Wewll done.I'm off to make some prints! Thanks .

[cherylbrown]

Wonderful video!!! Watched many gel press videos but found yours to be easy, concise and informative. Thank u.

[lydiemonin]

Thanks you so much for your video and sharing.
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[dellkelly]

Wow I have those paints had no idea how to use them. Thank you so much for sharing your work

[sixmercer]

I have never watched this before as I moved away from my mixed media art to more refined drawing and had forgotten how fun this is. I made backgrounds using collage and lots of layers of paints and modeling paste and so on. It became very expensive for me being disabled and unable to work. It's also messy when I'm trying to do this in bed with my service dog next to me who....is... a Husky_Malamute. So you can imagine that a lot of her hair went into my artwork haha.
Thus was so fun to watch. A bit sped up, I would have liked to have seen the pages as they came off the press better. But I realize it's sped up and you probably have to be quick so the paint doesn't dry and you can get the most out of it. It's far from a cheap collection you've got there! I do have products from Dina Wakely and Dylusions having began with an accidental giant sketchbook find for sale at Michael's for $6 that turned out to be a craft paper cover dylusions mixed media one with ivory cardstock paper that has a TON of pages and I got my start in that book 10 months ago. It's good for literally everything except watercolor which I have also gravitated to a little bit.
Thus was a fantastic video. Now I know how the backgrounds are made for the Dylusions and Dina Wakely ones that I have from a little weekly journal I got from their website. I wish I could afford more Stamos and textiles and stencils. I absolutely theirs. Thank you for showing the inside scoop on how this all comes together. You make it look easy. Maybe one day I will get a gel plate and work on some more backgrounds for my drawings.

[timeenuf]

Wow a lot of ideas in just a few minutes. Shows how versatile the plate printing can be. Thank you for sharing your tools, talent, time and inspiration with all of us.

[nancypullia]

I was not familiar with the gel press. Thanks for your video. It was informative and I think I want to experiment.

[lynnebizlyne]

Thank you for sharing. I had not heard of using a gel press so I enjoyed your explaining things so clearly. I may try it out😊

[cindybrewer]

i would love to see what you do with your gelli prints. beautiful work!

[donnadacy]

I always wondered about the gel press. Now I know what it is and how to use it. Thanks for sharing.

[suzieque]

OMG, I LOVED this video. I sent it to myself so I could watch it over and over again.!!! Thank you, Shari, for all of your wonderful tips

[gwensimmons_gigi]

Shari, I came across this old Gel printing vid... Loved your pulled prints and helpful techniques/demos...Thank you! 💕

[diannew]

A great demonstration done clearly and very helpful. Thank you for sharing with us. I hope you pay absolutely no attention to the grumpy gusses who can't understand why you didn't do it their way.

[rebeccawong]

U r a genius ... I have watched so many others n none was as condensed as yours. I learn a lot from you over d last 10 years. Thank u 🙏🏻

[janettedeans]

Brilliant to watch this, most tutorials get boring after a few minutes but this was worth every second. Thanks so much for sharing.x

[martyecirioni]

Thank you. I have never used a gel plate before. This will be a big help.

[carolclark]

Sharri Carroll - This is lovely. I sometimes find messy and faded looking prints a little disappointing. So your work is refreshing. Really good to see such clear prints with vibrant colours. Thanks for sharing

[Duffett]

Thank you very much, very helpful and very easy to watch. You have a lovely relaxing voice.

[angelaf]

Hi Shari, LOVE your art!!! I do however wish you would have shown us the paper after lifted so we could see what it looks like a bit longer.. Maybe perhaps you could add some made into cards at the end of the video. I sure hope you do, the colors and coverage on the gel press was beautiful!