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DECEMBER 2025
Taster Day - ‘Gelli Printing’: 1 day workshop with Jenni Richards in October
A small group of us spent a 'Taster day - Gelli Printing' on the 18th October at Hadspen Village Hall
with Jenni Richards, an experienced 'Textile' artist and teacher, which both surprised and delighted us.
Surprised, because the assumption that 'Gelli Printing' is a new form of printing is wrong. In fact the
modern 'Gelli Plate' is a modi昀椀cation of the original gelatin plates which were 昀椀rst used in the 1800’s
called 'Hectograph Prints'.
Delighted, because Jenni demonstrated and took us through a progressively advanced set of processes,
showing us how immediate and yet how versatile a 'Gelli Plate' is.
This was particularly exciting to those of us who are 'mixed media' artists, as the possibilities are huge,
such as being able to 'print o昀昀' photographs and images from newspapers and magazines and even
from our own charcoal drawings, as well as all the usual monoprinting resources like leaves, grasses,
textured papers and bubble wrap, which we are familiar with, and all to such a high degree of de昀椀nition.
There is also the advantage of not having to use a printing press, which makes it very accessible.
Jenni's organisational skills in providing the materials needed and her patience and guidance helping
us through each process was exceptional, particularly as it was all done in one day.
We were all exhausted by 4 o clock, but inspired to buy our own 'Gelli Plate' to use ourselves and very
grateful to have such an experienced practitioner to show us what interesting things we can do.
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