I started to experiment with monoprinting and thought these skeletons would fit the next holiday. The image below was made by simply inking the gelli plate, then dropping in paper cut outs of two skeletons. Next, I dropped the printing paper on top of the plate and applied even pressure to transfer the exposed "ink" onto the printing paper.
After removing the printing paper from the plate, I lifted off both of the paper skeletons. Then I created the next image by allowing the plate to dry still carrying outlines and some background orange from the first printing (waiting about 10 seconds,) then lightly re-inked with yellow. This inking is more delicate work because if you use too much 'ink' OR too much pressure, you lift the edges of the image you hope to capture.
As you can see in the image below, this attempt worked fairly well, although the right half of the plate could have used just a touch more yellow ink.
The image above has been created by lifting the dried edges of the first printing from the plate. Although these images are touchy to create, I really like the effect and no two are alike.
In the image above, the ghost image from the second printing (of a different plate) is very faint, which works well with the superimposed stamp of the skeleton to the right of the ghost image. Although I am not a big fan of stamps, this one is nicely detailed and combines well with its' ghost partner.
The image above is actually the layering of three different printings, one of which is the skeleton ghost printing. The portion in the lower right hand corner is from a stencil that contained words that I happened to lay down backwards. I like the effect and the colors, but am not sure this will fit within the context of pages I am creating. We'll have to wait and see if there is a fit when all of the pages are complete. For now, it is fun to work with the multiple printings on the gelli plate to create "one of a kind" monoprints!
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