March 2018 - Fifth Saturday Fun Day

Our inaugural Fifth Saturday Fun Day was held in late March.  Unfortunately, the Easter weekend prevented some members from attending.  Sheila hosted the event and was joined by Annette and Robyn. 

The aim of the day was to do mono printing, and we concentrated on using the Gelli plate.

Annette played with printing and overprinting producing  a variety of interesting prints on a range of papers and fabric.

Robyn had seen the Brigit Koopsen resist printing video found at:   http://gelliarts.blogspot.com.au/  and was keen to try the technique.  Robyn had a number of magazine images and first did some successful prints on paper.

Then Robyn did a number of prints on fabric with equally good results.

Sheila worked with the round plate and attempted to print on reusable shopping bags.  More printing days are needed to completely cover the bags.

The weather was perfect and we were able to work outside and spread ourselves around on several tables.  Insert mono print 4.

Our first Fifth Saturday Fun Day was a success and we are looking forward to our next day in June.  Will it be another messy day or a home visit or a gallery visit?