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Image transfer
Hi,
I haven't worked with clay for a long time, I wanted to try a few things. I can't recall how to do image transfer. Can anybody provide some pointers? I think I remember it varies with the kind of ink or some work better than others... was there one that used alcohol? Help would be appreciated. Ingrid |
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I havent done any yet, but if you look at www.glassattic.com there should be
a whole section devoted to image transfers. HTH Diana -- I know all the answers, it's the questions I have problems with "mermaidscove_com" wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I haven't worked with clay for a long time, I wanted to try a few things. I can't recall how to do image transfer. Can anybody provide some pointers? I think I remember it varies with the kind of ink or some work better than others... was there one that used alcohol? Help would be appreciated. Ingrid |
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Thanks, that's a great link, I've bookmarked it. I do however find the
writing style incomplete, many half sentences ending in question marks and that kind of thing. A good start though. The main thing I am wondering about now is TLS, liquid clay. I've seen several places say it's for image transfer but nobody says how exactly. For instance do you use it before or after baking? Something I read made it sound like it was similar to gel medium or acrylic glaze rather than being like clay. I will search more on the net but if anybody has direct experience, please lend me some advice. Ingrid |
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Thanks again...nevermind that last message. I didn't realize how long
this page is. I found some useful examples further down. Ingrid |
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I've tried TLS with magazine pictures. I'm a very impatient type,
though, so I haven't gotten great results (so far g). Cut out a pic you want to use, leaving lots of space around the picture itself. Paint on a thick coating of TLS. The piece should be in whatever dish/pan you use for baking already, so you don't have to handle it once you've coated it. Bake for about 7-10 minutes at 275 degrees (that's what worked for me, anyway). When you take the dish out of the oven, immediately fill it with water so the piece is covered, and leave it until the paper is soaked enough to peel off (about 20 minutes or so). The image from the magazine is then on the clay, a very thin sheet. (Really cool, too, is how the whole thing is just "lifted" from the glossy magazine page, leaving just the white paper.) Here's where I get impatient - using whatever piece of clay I'm going to put the image on (white or light colors work best), coat it with TLS, *carefully* place the transfer, coat that with more TLS, and smooth down the edges, get rid of the airbubbles, etc., smooth the edges some more..and some more...and some more. And try to do it without leaving fingerprints or tearing the transfer sheet. Then stick the whole thing back in the oven and bake at recommended temp for the size/thickness. I've found that the process of transferring the image to TLS is considerably easier than getting it to lie flat on another piece Good luck with it. Cheers, Carla mermaidscove_com wrote: Thanks, that's a great link, I've bookmarked it. I do however find the writing style incomplete, many half sentences ending in question marks and that kind of thing. A good start though. The main thing I am wondering about now is TLS, liquid clay. I've seen several places say it's for image transfer but nobody says how exactly. For instance do you use it before or after baking? Something I read made it sound like it was similar to gel medium or acrylic glaze rather than being like clay. I will search more on the net but if anybody has direct experience, please lend me some advice. Ingrid |
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That makes sense, sounds similar to a transfer technique for putting an
image from glossy stock onto leather using gel medium. I can imagine that the film you get would be hard to work with if it's not flexible. I'll give it a try. |
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Thats ok. The glass attic was made up of quotes from this very newsgroup
and other sources I believe, and is a work in progress. But, for your enjoyment, here is a links list to all sorts of other claying information. http://www.polyclay.com/links.htm Bon apetite! Diana -- I know all the answers, it's the questions I have problems with "mermaidscove_com" wrote in message oups.com... Thanks again...nevermind that last message. I didn't realize how long this page is. I found some useful examples further down. Ingrid |
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I've found that the process of transferring the image to TLS is
considerably easier than getting it to lie flat on another piece ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I read that you can sandwich the piece between 2 tiles and bake it. You have to use parchment paper to keep it from sticking. I haven't tried it yet though. Samething if you are baking thinner pieces of clay and want them very flat. ...Stephanie.. |
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Thanks! I could get lost for days between these two, lots of good
inspiration. Ingrid http://www.mermaidscove.com |
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