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Class Description: Discover the magic of gel printing—a playful, painterly form of printmaking that uses a gel plate instead of a press. In this special Holiday Edition of Beautiful Botanicals, you’ll explore the beauty of natural materials that evoke the colors, textures, and feelings of the holiday season. Your prints can be transformed into greeting cards, collages, gift tags, mixed media pieces, and more.What You’ll Learn:
• How to use a gel plate and printmaking tools
• Positive and negative shape concepts
• Layering transparent and opaque paints for unique effects
• Mark-making techniques with leaves, flowers, and textures
• A variety of printmaking methods
• How to create greeting cards from your finished prints
You’ll have plenty of studio time to experiment, play, and make a generous stack of beautiful prints. This process is fun, freeing, and a little addictive—come ready to PLAY!
Instructor: Mary Martin, Collage & Mixed Media Artist
Location: Community Arts Center 120 S. 2nd St. Wilmington, NC 1
Date: Saturday November 14, 2026
Time: 10:00 am – 2:30pm
Class Fee: $100. Includes 4 hours of instruction and all materials: a variety of papers, use of instructor’s gel plates, brayers, plant and texture materials, and paints.
Optional: Bring your own papers—old book pages, kid’s homework, etc.—and any pressed leaves or flowers you’d like to incorporate into your prints. Leaves and flowers can be pressed flat in a large book, such as a dictionary. The flatter the leaves, the better the print made on the gel plate
Register: https://square.link/u/qYMUNjOT
Questions: Call Mary Martin at 910.218.2814
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