The Gelli Plate - A Recycler's Dream Tool

I'm having a blast making my own masks and stencils and playing with my Gelli plate. Fair warning..  Gelli printing is addicting.  It's also going to be the recycler's best friend.  There is a huge clothes hamper next to my desk at the office that we use to recycle paper.  I grabbed a few 11x17 sheets to try with my Gelli plate.  Let me just say, the recycle bin will have less paper in the future.  The thought of using all the paper a second time for art just makes my heart flutter.   All my non crafty co-workers will just roll their eyes as I leave each day with a stack of recycle paper.  

Finished Book Page

Any of you out there married to an engineer?  I'm dreaming of a book full of schematics.  Just think how fun those boring (sorry engineers) schematics would look gellli printed.  Oh... blue prints would look great Gelli printed too.  Those inserts that come inside medication.... the ones with all those tiny words and little drawings would look cool gelli printed.  Computer code would be great too.  Oh and the directions to everything that come in 8 languages would make great backgrounds.  Sheet music would also be fantastic gelli printed.

This is the print from the Gelli Plate

Do you see a pattern here?  My mind is just racing with possibilities.  I'm having this great desire to go dumpster diving in search of cool paper.  And think about this.... all this cool paper would be free.  We'd be saving the environment, it would cost nothing and we'd have great art to show for it.

The lady above is printed on a page from a magazine. She is a homemade mask.  I found a picture I liked.  Printed it on card stock. Covered it with clear packing tape to kind of water proof it and then cut it out. Instant mask.  I did the same with the chevron.  

Have you made any homemade stencils or masks?