Workshop Fee (includes materials fee): $100

This is a three session online workshop.
 

Gelli plates are a versatile tool for experimenting with printing layers and textures. In our first week, we will generate fodder for future collage through drawings, mark making and gelli plate printing. Demos will include a variety of techniques to produce a variety of prints. Students will create prints to be used as backgrounds, to be cut into shapes and elements within a collage, and also transparent layers. Students will be encouraged to continue experiments during our second session. For our third, we will sort what we created, and discuss how to reproduce our favorite prints. Then we will use our papers for collage, and discuss special considerations for materials. 

Materials to Bring: 

• Gelli plate or homemade gelatin plate, between 4 x 6" and 8 x 10"
• 1 brayer
• 3 colors acrylic paint (cheap paint is just great)
• 2 different paint brushes
• Tray for water
• Rags
• 25-40 sheets of paper, slightly larger than your plate: drawing paper, vellum and/or tracing paper. Not slick or coated
• Cardstock for stencils
• Thin cardboard (cereal or cracker box okay)
• Pencil

Optional:

• Ribs (usually for shaping clay)
• Combs
• Rubber-tipped tools
• Cotton swabs
• Fresh plant material (not dried)

Date & Time: Three Tuesdays, January 14, 21 & 28, 2025 :: 4-6pm Pacific time

Location: Online over Zoom.

SFCB online workshops are recorded; all registered students will have access to the videos for a month after the final class session.

Please read over the SFCB Registration Policies before signing up for a class.

Registration will close 3 days prior to the start date of this workshop.
 

About the Instructor | Hope Amico (they/she)

Hope Amico is a visual artist, writer and educator who believes we could all use a creative practice. Through classes, collage meetups and the Keep Writing postcard project, they are excited to share ways we can work together and support each other creatively. Co-founder of the New Orleans Collage Collective and previously known as gutwrench press, they relocated to Portland, OR in 2020. They teach online and in-person through the MCBA, SFCB and privately through their own studio.

Past Student Reviews:

"It was relaxing, fun, a respite from our heavy world. I learned some new techniques to add to my personal book making/artist’s books as well."

"Hope's teaching style works really well for me and helps me get over my perfectionist fear that too often is inhibiting for me. This really helped me learn how to see in different ways!"

"Hope is such a multifaceted instructor! I've taken two SFCB online classes with them and both times have come away wanting to do more and be more involved in my art practice. They're very inspiring and helpful, and very responsive to all inquiries both before and after the class. I'll take any SFCB online class they have!"

"Hope has a great teaching style that puts me at ease and helps me feel freer to create without anxiety about being perfect. No small feat! They share inspirational examples from both their own and others' work and create achievable activities for their classes that translate into action for me."