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Date: Saturday, September 27, 2025
Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Instructor: Mary Martin, Collage & Mixed Media Artist
Location: Community Arts Center at Hannah Block Historic USO Building, 120 S. 2nd St., Wilmington, NC 28401
Tuition: $75 (Includes 3 hour of instruction)
Supplies: Included (a variety of papers, use of instructor’s gel plates, brayers, plant and texture materials, and paints.
Discover the magic of gel printing—a playful, painterly form of printmaking that uses a gel plate instead of a press. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to create luminous botanical prints using pressed leaves and flowers, layered paints, and a variety of textural elements. Your prints can be transformed into greeting cards, collages, 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!
*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.
Shipping + Returns
All orders are processed and shipped in a timely manner. Your Mary Martin botanical monoprint is hand-wrapped in paper and bubblewrap and then packaged securely in a shipping box.
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
Every original Mary Martin botanical artwork arrives with its own signed Certificate of Authenticity, ensuring its provenance and value as a one-of-a-kind piece. This document confirms that your artwork is an original creation by Mary Martin, not a reproduction, and is personally verified by the artist. It’s a thoughtful detail that adds both peace of mind and an heirloom quality to your investment, something to treasure and pass down alongside the art itself.