And Blogless Nicki came up here to the northern reaches of Manhattan so we could have an artsy craftsy weekend. What we decided to do was to make a gelatin plate......
We really made it from gelatin and water, inside a square baking tin, which we managed to get it to come out of the next day. It took a little persuasion, but actually it came out really well. We had some of the purchased Gelliplates, but we decided to make our own while we figured out how to use them lest we damage the much more expensive purchased ones...
We had the usual excellent supervision. and we just played for the afternoon. The plate held up beautifully and we made about 11 prints. Then we took a break, made pasta and cookies and broke out the wine. Or maybe the pasta was Friday after we made the plate... (it has to sit overnight to gell up) and on Saturday we had Chinese food. In anycase we had cookies both nights and wine. The important elements were the same. It snowed 11 inches or more up here and the wind was really blasting...
We had the usual excellent supervision. and we just played for the afternoon. The plate held up beautifully and we made about 11 prints. Then we took a break, made pasta and cookies and broke out the wine. Or maybe the pasta was Friday after we made the plate... (it has to sit overnight to gell up) and on Saturday we had Chinese food. In anycase we had cookies both nights and wine. The important elements were the same. It snowed 11 inches or more up here and the wind was really blasting...
Today, Nicki went home. The snow is cleared off the sidewalks really well up here so she went off to watch dancing and eat more Chinese food and I went back into the studio with the supervisor and nade some more prints. The plate held up perfectly overnight and I am sure this is not their final state, but here are some of them. This is really fun!!
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