We took the Gelli Art gel printing plate on the road to a local shelter for teens-at-risk where we created miniature masterpieces. It was a bit chaotic with 15 teens; three plates, limited table space, and two adults supervising, but SUPER FUN and MUCH JOY!First: the participants used tempura paint and big foam stamps to put symbols on a piece of watercolor paper card stock that could later be folded and used as a notecard. Then they used liquid acrylic on the gel plate to create a mono print on top of the stamped image. Some opted to use the excess paint to press a "ghost" image on a second piece of paper. The project also was an opportunity to write cards for homebound/older adults. Some of the kids wrote simple notes on one side of the card and then did a mono print on the "front" of the paper. It was an easy and fun way to get the kids involved in pastoral care at a baseline level.
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| The green is a stamped image of an elephant with the mono print on top. |
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| Tempura paint on the card was step #1; then the mono print. |
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| Simple card on the inside with a Gelli Art mono print on the other side. |
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| The process is so simple...it takes explaining because it just doesn't seem like it should be so easy! |
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| One of our teens helps an international student who joined the art project afternoon. |
