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transfering pic to clay
I tried not very successfully to transfer a picture to clay. I did visit
Glass Attic. I had a book, too, but just couldn't get it to be clear and really transfer. Even left the pic on the clay in the oven, but it just didn't work. I had bought some lazer tran and the other similar paper, but could not find them sniff, sniff and so had to use regular paper. The pics had been copied at Office Depot in color. Any thoughts? Thanks. |
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This is not a direct answer to your question but it did remind me of
something I wanted to share. I make "banners" for the fronts of the bases that my figures are mounted on. I use Kato clay for my whites because it doesn't discolor as much as Premo white. I make the banners by transfering the lettering to the clay. I use an iron to do the transfer and then put it in the oven to finish. When I used Kato it was very difficult to get a good "black transfer". The lettering generally came out blue instead and it took a few minutes to get the tranfer to take. I tried it with Premo just for kicks and in seconds instead of minutes I had a nice "black" transfer. The Premo took the transfer much faster and the coloring stayed true. It seems that different clays react differently to the transfer process Dawn Stubitsch http://www.thumbprintkids.com http://www.thumbprintkids.com/pages/caketoppers.html "Elizabeth M. Phillips" wrote in message ... I tried not very successfully to transfer a picture to clay. I did visit Glass Attic. I had a book, too, but just couldn't get it to be clear and really transfer. Even left the pic on the clay in the oven, but it just didn't work. I had bought some lazer tran and the other similar paper, but could not find them sniff, sniff and so had to use regular paper. The pics had been copied at Office Depot in color. Any thoughts? Thanks. |
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It seems
that different clays react differently to the transfer process also different toners/inks--when our local Kinko's got new copy machines, my transfers all started coming out blue. Same clay, same paper, different copy machine. Old slow machines seem to make the best transfer copies, in my experience. Sarajane Sarajane's Polymer Clay Gallery http://www.polyclay.com |
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Once upon a time, I also tried unsuccessfully to transfer color copies
to polymer clay. The problem is that the ink in color copies does not fuse to the clay as toner does. The methods that I have learned for using color copies really amount to baking the copy with the paper on and then rubbing the paper off, leaving just the ink on the clay. With color copies, you cannot take the copy off before baking; the ink just doesn't "take" that way. I've tried it a few times, also with poor results. I've seen beautiful copies using this method so I think it's just a matter of practice to get it right. --- Irwin P.S. Please visit my site - walkenfeld.com - and follow the link to my photo album. New work includes "Games," "Name Plates," and some items in "Mixed Media." |
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I believe the photo copier makes a difference too. I've not tried colored
transfers, but I do know the older black and white photo copiers transfer things MUCH better than the newer ones. You might just try a different photo copier. Otherwise, I hand color black and white pics with Prisma colors and get pretty good transfers. Lots of luck! Nan |
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