Gel Printing with Botanicals with Clare Winslow

Create beautiful, one-of-a-kind prints using leaves and grasses straight from the garden!

Saturday May 16, 2026 from 10 A.M to 1 P.M.

Create beautiful, one-of-a-kind prints using leaves and grasses straight from the garden! In this beginner-friendly workshop, you'll learn how to use a gelatin plate and acrylic paints to make layered botanical prints that are stunning enough to frame or give as gifts. No art experience necessary — this is an accessible, joyful process that yields surprisingly elegant results. We'll cover the basics of inking the plate, placing botanicals, and pulling prints, with plenty of time to experiment with color and composition.

Minimum age 13
6 students
$75

Supplies: a $40 fee paid directly to instructor

*Materials supplied by the instructor include:
Printmaking paper, paint, brayers, gel plates, sponges, soap, masking tape, newsprint, botanicals, commercial stencils.(*Venmo/Zelle/cash preferred.)

About Clare

Clare Winslow is a Maryland-based printmaker whose work explores abstraction, process, and memory through layered, gestural images. She studied fine art at The Catholic University of America and printmaking at the Corcoran College of Art, and her practice centers on experimental screenprinting and monotype techniques that translate beautifully to gel printing. A four-time recipient of the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County’s Artists & Scholars Project Grant and a past resident at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and in Orquevaux, France, she has exhibited widely throughout the Washington, DC region and beyond. Clare teaches at venues around the DC area, sharing approachable, process-based methods that invite students to experiment and discover their own visual language.