Laser cutting would slot into this workflow quite nicely.
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Interesting. I may have to give this a try!
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Thank you for sharing this. I had never heard of gel printing plates. I’m excited to get some and try this out.
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Neat! Thanks for sharing! I’ve been playing with gel prints recently but just on paper. Will have to give shirts and other fabrics a try.
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Interesting…another rabbit hole…
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That’s cool. I love my gel plates. So fun to to play with, but I haven’t tried it on fabric yet, either.
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Yeah those gel plates look cool.
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You can make your own much more cheaply with gelatin and glycerine 
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Yeates Makes does a lot of cool gel plate stuff; I’ve seen quite a few of his videos but not the t-shirt printing ones.
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Ooooooo! Even better!
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Hmm a bit of googling later, that’s cool.
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There’s a lot of recipes out there ranging from gelatin + water only to all sorts of additives like essential oils, antifungals, alcohol etc and accounting for different amounts of firmness.
I’d recommend anyone making their own to google just a bit wider and see what characteristics you want to go for before settling on a recipe. (ex: I didn’t use this recipe with alcohol and microwave - combined several glycerine only recipe ideas together over a double boiler instead)
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Huh you can use glossy magazines to transfer an image with gel plates. This is interesting.
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Welcome to the rabbit hole 
you can also use laser printer prints with lots of density. A lot of artists out there working with various transfer methods + paint, etc.
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You got any examples of work you’ve done with gel plates?
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Oh no, this may become a new rabbit hole for me. I watched various videos, marveled at the results and thought, “I would make such a mess; I’d have to buy paints; why in the world would I want a new-shiny-toy?”
Then I spent the afternoon with a friend who is quite the artist. I mentioned gel plates, and her eyes lit up! She’s made her own plates, and anytime I want to come make a painty mess with her is just fine.
I’m in trouble now… 
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Man I need to get a friend like that. I can’t wait to see what you make.
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I’m afraid none that I can share at this time 
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The dangerous part of this for me is that I have all of the ingredients to make gel plates on-hand.
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The ingredients are calling to you… 
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