Gelli Plate Printmaking

Saturday Workshop with Robin Roberts

  • In This Workshop, You'll Learn:

    In this workshop, learn how to apply paint onto a Gelli plate, create masks, incorporate stencils, layer translucent and opaque paints and build up multiple layers.

    Students will create stacks of unique multi-layered prints that can be matted or framed or used in creating mixed media art. One thing is for sure: there will be both planned and spontaneous results!


  • Supply List for Students to Bring:

    This is a studio workshop and students will be using their supplies.

    • Gelli Plate, 5x7 or larger
    • Golden OPEN acrylic paints (normal acrylic paints will not work with this specific process, it must be the OPEN line from Golden)
    • normal acrylic paint in white and black, any brand
    • 4-inch soft rubber brayer
    • printmaking paper (i.e. cheap drawing paper, tissue paper, old papers from books, sheet music, maps, etc.)
    • baby wipes
    • stencils or plant material of any kind (i.e. ferns, leaves, any odds and ends of lace, string, yarn, corrugated cardboard, any items with texture)
    • marking tools (i.e. chopsticks, soft-ended scrappers, or anything that will mark but not puncture the Gelli Plate)
    • a few paint brushes
    • scissors
    • newsprint paper or scraps to off-load extra paint

  • Saturday Workshop Info:

    • Sat, January 24th from 11:30am-3:30pm
    • Instructor: Robin Roberts
    • Cost $115
    • Max 16 students
    • Level: 2 (intermediate)
    • Age level: adult (18 & up)
    • Parking Info

  • If You Enjoyed This Workshop...

    Artists who have taken this workshop may also want to explore our Mixed Media class with Robin on Thursday evenings.

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About the Instructor

Robin Sanford Roberts

Robin Sanford Roberts is an artist and theatrical scenic designer working in models and mixed media. She makes art in studio #5 at Art on 30th. She has designed scenery for multiple theatres including the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego Repertory, Denver Center Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage and Broadway.

She holds a degree in Architecture from LSU and a MFA in Scenic Design from UCSD. She also studied at the Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Fontainebleau and at Sir John Cass School of Art, London Polytechnic. Robin teaches and designs scenery for the undergraduate theatre department at USD.

“I have an obsession with old books and other ephemera. The fragments and bits of pieces come together to make a new piece. I enjoy working with pieces from the past that have a history of a previous life.”

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