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Gelli Plate Print Making


Classes - Adult / Create -
Adult Classes Winter/Spring 2026

Gelli plate printing is a form of monoprinting (getting only one copy of a print) using a flexible gelatin-like plate to create unique textured prints. In this class you will learn different techniques for pulling prints as you experiment with this unique medium.

Vanessa Merry

Vanessa Merry moved to Florence, Italy at the age of eighteen to study the methods of the great masters in painting, drawing, and printmaking at Palazzo Spinelli. From here she continued her education and exploration of the human-figure, still-lifes, and landscapes at Atelier de Chimere in France were she enjoyed Plein-Air painting in the French countryside. She moved back to the United States were she attended and graduated from the University of Minnesota in Visual Arts and Art History.

She has been actively involved in the Twin Cities art scene for many years. Vanessa Merry has won several awards for her paintings in local galleries. She was the President of the Robbin Gallery in Robbinsdale, Minnesota and worked for WARM (Women's Art Resources of MN).

Vanessa currently enjoys creating works of art in many different styles, but finds herself happiest when she is in the classroom teaching others all the skills that she has acquired in her studies.

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  Vanessa Merry


Central Campus - Wayzata Central Middle School CMS : E119 Art
Wednesday, Jan 21
6:00 - 8:00 PM

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Min Age   18 yr.

$ 49.00
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