Speedball Gel Printing Plates, 8" x 10", for Block Monoprinting

I was super excited to try this gel plate. Being an established artist, I am always looking for other tools to add to my creating experience! Happy to have added this to my art tools!

The media could not be loaded.  Excited to receive the item. The size is really good. I had this sent to the Philippines and was kinda expecting to have some warping and dents but the speedball packaging is very sturdy and I got the item in perfect condition. Cant wait to try and use it.

Great size to make smaller pieces!

At the time of purchase, this brand was the least expensive for the 8x10 plate. I have other plates from other companies (and homemade plates) What I like about this plate is that it is thinner, lighter, clearer and felt sturdy that it wouldn’t knick easily. I didn’t know though at time of purchase, that it was made for use with printmaking inks, although other media can be used. When I used inks, the colors pulled wonderfully, and almost tie dyed effects were possible with glossy paper. Fluid acrylics also worked well. However, thicker heavy body and craft acrylics almost dried too quickly, and the prints were not as clean,nor could I get much ghost prints. (I did use cheaper grade acrylics, not my Golden open or heavy body acrylic, so that may be a factor) Layering the acrylics after first pull to get another print with both colors didn’t work so well either. Cleaning the acrylics off the plate was also not so easy, they didn’t wash off well, nor come off easily with baby wipes or baby oil. Had to rub the paint off. The other plates seemed to work with the heavy body and craft acrylics better and clean easily. So, if you want a gel plate that does great with inks and fluid acrylics, this plate is perfect for that.

The ease of using this gel plate is wonderful. Perfect size for inking card backgrounds. Love that it has a great caseto keep it in.

The media could not be loaded.  Very disappointed in this plate. No matter how much paint or little the paper stuck. Never experienced this with any other gelli paint I have. Same paint and technique. Unusable because of the stickiness right out of the container. Even the plastic covering stuck. The Brayer stuck, my hand stuck and the paper stuck. Absolutely zero working time. Used extenders and can barely get one pull from it. Impossible to clean. Stained. Used The same paint on my other plates with no issue. So dissatisfied and angry. Unsatisfied with seller as well. His response was buy more product and you are doing it wrong. Zero start for customer service. Others have expressed similar experience. Something wrong with this 8x10 lot. Do I think you should make it right and send me a better plate? You bet I do.

Used these for a Printmaking class for monotype and collagraph printmaking using acrylic based paint. They printed beautifully and cleaned up easily with Hand sanitizer and baby wipes.

I have been pulling mono prints since the 1970s. That's long before gel plates were available commercially.I own six different plates made by two other companies. I have NEVER experienced problems like I did with this product.I used the same paint ( Amsterdam, Liquitex and Golden Acrylics), the same brayers and the identical paper that I have been using for many years. Every print stuck to the plate!! I varied the amount of paint, it made zero difference. I tried other weight papers, again, no difference. I have orders to fill and really expected this to be wonderful! SPEEDBALL is synonymous with printmaking! I learned with their products and still own printmaking products made by them that were purchased in the 1970s. What gives, Speedball??? This is just disgraceful.When pulling a mono print, you should have some time to create on the plate. Not with this. Just simply using my hand to gently burnish, the paper completely stuck.I'm not only disappointed, I'm disgusted.

Es lo que buscaba!

Works quite well with Acrylic Paints

Was mir nicht bewußt war, diese Platte ist nur mit den Farben von Speedball zu benutzen! Nach 30 Versuchen, an denen mir das Papier an der Platte kleben gebliben ist, hab ich mir mal das Kleingedruckte durchgelesen und siehe da, es kann auch garnicht funktionieren, da ich die falschen Farben habe.Es war dann immer noch günstiger, mir eine neue Platte zu bestellen als die Fraben von Speenball zu kaufen.Schade, das Geld hätte ich mir sparen können.

I did receive it a long while ago. It looks very good. I have not used it up to now, but I am sure I will enjoy using it when I come to it in time. Thank you very much for it. Arrived in good time from the U.S. Happy with the product.

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