Papa Wheelie's Whambling

Papa Wheelie’s Print Shop is now open on ETSY!

papawheelie — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:09:04 +0000

Yes! You can now see my latest gelatin plate prints and purchase them as well on ETSY. Papa Wheelie is proud to present . Papa Wheelie’s Print Shop A good sample of work will be available with new images added every couple days. If you have questions or if you are interested in acquiring one of the prints, please feel free to contact me any time via the email contact link. Suggestion: my series of images look great in groups of two and three!

Filed under: humor, poetry, Printing Tagged: abstract, abstraction, acid free, art, Daniel Smith, decoration, Etsy, fine art, Gelatin Plate printing, haiku, interior, Linda Germain, luminous, Mono Print, monoprint, non-toxic, paper, primitive, Printsy, relief printing, tribal, wall art, water based inks

New Gelatin Prints from the end of 2011

papawheelie — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:54:30 +0000

Here are some recent Gelatin Prints from the end of 2011. Image Scale is 7.5″ x 7.5″

From the Warrior Series

From the Neighbors Series

From the FACADE series

From the Shepherd Series

From the Garden Series

Filed under: No Lo, poetry, Printing

Gelatin Plate Printing

papawheelie — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:38:50 +0000

To all my adoring fans… I’m sorry that it’s been so long since i posted. I won’t go into the drama of my life except to say I am ‘between jobs’ and that sucks. BUT it does allow me to explore my studio a bit deeper and I’ve been deeply into Gelatin Plate Printing. Here are a few samples from the last month of work. I have some very hot prints that have not been photo-documented yet. I’ll post them later.

Gelatin Plate printing is a mono-printing process that uses a plate made out of… GELATIN!

Gelatin Plate (L) with Ink template, paper and ink roller (R)

The plate is inked with water based relief printing ink

A stencil (shown) or even natural objects like grass, leaves, or stems are laid on the inked plate

Paper is laid on, pressed by hand, and removed. This is the first or original print

The stencil is removed, revealing the 'Ghost' print (this is the juicy stuff)

By layering ink colors and different stencils or shapes, the print becomes very deep and textured. Here are some samples:

Mediation: an early piece with stems, yoga stencil and things

OCEAN I

The Gelatin Plate will eventually degrade - become pitted, cracked and moldy. This only adds to the texture and surprise of the image. This is a good example of a degraded gelatin plate surface

CROWD OUTSIDE THE STATEHOUSE

From the FACE SERIES

From the FACE SERIES II

And while this post is getting longer and longer, I’ll just add a couple more recent prints from what is looking like my Planetary Face Series

From the Planetary Face Series

Filed under: Printing Tagged: Daniel Smith Inks, Gel Plate Printing, Gelatin, Gelatin Plate, Humor; winter; snow plowing; slowing down; car culture, Mono Print, monoprint, relief printing, Speedball, yoga