Gel Press Monoprinting Print Plates – 8” x 10” Gel Plate Class Pack Value Pack - Printmaking Supplies - Reusable Gel Printing Plates for Press Art for Card Making, Scrapbooking, Arts and Crafts 6-Pack

I ordered these for a college Printmaking class. So far we love them! Great price. Excellent quality.

These plates work so well. They are fantastic quality, and they are easy to clean up when you're done. Excellent value, and the size is perfect too. They are so much fun to use, and in my opinion, they are a good value.

The paint beads on these plates for a long time before finally settling into a usable printing plate.

These are super good quality and defiantly worth the money. It is so easy and fun to use. Makes it very easy to use and transfer prints. Nice smooth surface and is easy to clean.

I've been doing monoprinting with silicone plates up to now. I haven't picked these up before now because they seemed expensive. I'm in the habit of telling people to splurge on the expensive stuff because it's typically better, and these plates remind me that I should take my own advice more often. They're a higher quality than the cheaper plates, with a smoother surface, and they don't seem to be silicone, so they should be a bit easier to clean and condition (you can use baby oil on these, which you're not supposed to with silicone). There are enough plates that you'd either have enough for a small class, or for a large project, or the ability to work on several smaller projects simultaneously. I should've gotten these sooner, but you don't have to make the same mistake I did. Get yours!

The original and the best, the Gel Press gel plates are an amazing and fun way to do monotype printmaking. I took printmaking as an art major in school and always loved the one-off, one-of-a-kind nature of mono printing. I have been watching gel plate videos for years before taking the plunge and these are just fantastic. The plates are nice and thick, durable, and just perfect for printing on, you are literally only limited by plate size, paper availability, and your imagination.Pro tip: place these over a piece of plexiglass as you are building up your layers so you can lift it off the table and easily see your design building up as it will print on your paper.Absolutely thrilled with these! Can't wait to create some fun prints.

A good way to buy a lot of plates for a decent price. They are all separated by plastic sheets so they won't stick together, and those plastic sheets also make excellent protectors for your surface. But I do question how great these plates really are. I don't have a lot of experience with doing gel plate printing, but I have never had my paint beat up and pull away as much as it has on these. Maybe it was bad paint, maybe it was just a weird day, maybe it was humidity, maybe Mercury was in retrograde? I don't know, but I had a hard time getting the quality of prince off of these plates. They will still be great for our free crafting events and for kids to play with, but I am not sure I would want to use them for paid classes

Gel plates are a fabulous way to express your creativity in short bursts of time. The work I do usually involves many passes on paper that has to stay under pressure and then dry between techniques. Having multiple gel plates allows me to cut down on the in-between time. There are few brands out there. This is the brand I use for classes and 8 x 10 is actually considered a larger size. Monoprints are satisfying to create and every failure can be considered a resource for the next collage. Being able to make art without a printing press is truly liberating.