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Ingredients to make your own gelatin plate (all prices on Amazon). I'm using thefrugalcrafter's amended recipe:
Glycerin, 16 oz bottle, $5.79 (you'll need 12 oz.)
Knox Gelatin, 8 oz box, $10.12 (you'll need 7 packets)
Hot Water - free (let's not quibble about water bill)
Acrylic box frame for mold, 8" x 10" $8.20
Total (not including my time cost): $24.11
I know I'm cheap, but I'm not stupid. Putting a Gelli plate (the real thing) on my must-have list. Moratorium be damned!
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Last edited by Buried Treasures; 08-15-2014 at 06:40 AM..
Ingredients to make your own gelatin plate (all prices on Amazon). I'm using thefrugalcrafter's amended recipe:
Glycerin, 16 oz bottle, $5.79 (you'll need 12 oz.)
Knox Gelatin, 8 oz box, $10.12 (you'll need 7 packets)
Hot Water - free (let's not quibble about water bill)
Acrylic box frame for mold, 8" x 10" $8.20
Total (not including my time cost): $24.11
I know I'm cheap, but I'm not stupid. Putting a Gelli plate (the real thing) on my must-have list. Moratorium be damned!
BuriedTreasures- I love your quote "I know I'm cheap but I'm not stupid." That made me laugh. I feel the same way.
I am a frugal girl too but there is no way I am making a Gelli plate. I calculated the cost too and that's the figure I came up with. I thought to myself "I am going to save $3-$5 for a plate that I might have to remake again?" No friggin way!
Not knocking any of you girls who Make Your Own. A lot of you know I am like obsessed with making my own art supplies. I made some expensive art things in my time too but Gelli Plate is not one I want to make.
I made one very similar to the frugalcrafters recipe and in my part of the world it did work out to be somewhat cheaper than purchasing an imported Gelli Plate. I made mine more out of necessity since at that time I'd have been lucky to find a 6x6 plate in my country. I wanted something bigger.
I was doing a demo with a group of ladies with my chilled plate when someone mentioned they had bought their Gelli Plate with them so I had a go at using the commercial one for the first time. I found my homemade one much easier to work with but with more experience I'm sure I'd have figured out how to get the best out of it.
Both plates stink in their own special way. My plate however didn't survive the Bloke cleaning out the outdoor fridge :S
You know, I wondered that when they started showing how to make them on youtube. I know that glycerin and gelatin get pricey. You low balled the glycerin for my area. It's ridiculous where I've seen it.
I actually, had the acrylic box like thing, but still by the time you add it all up, I'd rather buy one. Don't get me wrong, I like making my own supplies when it saves me money or if I don't have access to certain things, but this just wasn't one that I thought would save much by making it. Thank you for proving my theory!!
I made one to try out the technique and be sure I would really like it before I invested in a permanent one. I used the recipe from Linda Germain which only used gelatin but is not meant to be a permanent plate. I just poured into a pan I had on hand and I used bulk gelatin from a local Amish bulkgoods store. It lasted a good couple of weeks which was plenty of time to make GOBS of good prints and try out the technique. I still have several of the prints that haven't made it onto cards yet.
BTW-trying it out confirmed for me that I definitely want to buy a permanent plate, but I've made too many "have to have the latest thing" purchases that didn't get good use.
Cost of Making a Gelatin Plate
