This week, students enjoyed experimenting with monoprinting techniques using Gelli Plates. Gelli prints are used to make monoprints, which means you are making a single print, instead of multiples like in most printmaking techniques. After you pull the first print from your gelli plate, there will be some paint left on the surface, which can be wiped away or incorporated into your next print. this is where some magical stuff happens! They are so much fun to experiment with! You can use leaves, doilies, bubble wrap, lace, string…just about anything to print with. Before you know it, you have about a thousand prints drying in the art room. We will use the prints students create in several other projects, including origami art books and paper mosaic projects.