Hello Wayne- I just found your videos. Great technique- so lovely! I really enjoy your calm teaching and instructions. Thank you so much. Sending you greetings and sunshine from New Mexico.
Thank you Wayne! Great tutorial! A couple of questions: It seems that perhaps the dye ink pad re-inkers might work for the dye ink portion of the process?? What do you think about that? Also does the Japanese paper that you use have the soft almost fuzzy texture on the back of it and if yes how do you color that? I have some Japanese paper like that to use up but I would like to have both sides of the paper colored. Thank you so much for your help! I just found you!
You can use re inkers with dye ink. All dye ink will work I suppose. The Japanese paper I always use has one smooth surface. I don't know if you can use both sides with thin Japanese paper. Heavier paper will work.
I presume the dye inks you are referring to are the re-inkers for distress, distress oxide and the archival ink pads. I also wondered if it would work with FW inks? I will play with all these and see what happens. Perhaps when you are making your videos you could show the bottles or pads to the camera, then everyone knows what you are using. Thanks for this video, great ideas.
I am so impressed with this technique for marbled paper. I like it very much and want to do it myself. I’d like to know how to mix the fiber paste and gouache. Do you just stir it up until you get a preferred color?
Thanks Ruth. I usually start with a bit starch paste and add a bit water until its the thickness of yogurt. Than add the paint and stir it like you mentioned.
Im always happy to see dudes creating too, I love it. I was bit scared for your nice shirt - especially the sleeves - but you didnt get a drop on in! For more traditional marbling with alcohol inks, just use hand sanitizer; a good (thick-ish) layer on the plate, then inks and you can manipulate them exactly like when marbling the traditional way (just dont use sharp tools with gel plate!). I liked all your prints, but the ricepaper ghostprint one was magical. Dankje well (sorry, Im just assuming youre from NL by your accent..) and greetings from Finland. -Jane
Just found you, and love your work! Interesting new ideas, so I can’t wait to try them. Your English is very good, and you explain everything nicely. Thank you !
Wayne. If you don't answer the questions people ask, they won't stick around. We need to interact and share hints and tips. It's no good showing people a wonderful new technique and leave them confused about how to do it.
Wayne Dieleman I appreciate u taking the time to make this video to teach us awesome ways to use alcohol ink on our gel presses... Even if u don't have any more time to answer any questions. Thank u so much. I'm definitely gonna try using alcohol inks on my gel press now that I've seen this video.
For those asking here,, DYE BASED inks are water soluble in a shellac base such as Windsor Newton calligraphy or drawing inks. I suppose they create a barrier on the gel plate before you add the alcohol inks over top. I don't know which brand he is using though.....I really liked the 'ghost print' he made with the Japanese paper.
