I is for Image Transfer

At the last Art Camp Lauren and I had, we tried (relatively unsuccessfully) to do image transfer.   This week one of the ABC's of Art Printing was I is for Image Transfer, so I revisited the technique.

I tried about 20 different fashion magazine images, but these two were the only ones that produced a visible transfer.

 

 

While I liked them both, I was hoping for a higher success ratio.  I posted the images in one of the Facebook Gel Printing Pages and several of the members graciously provided tips for achieving more success, so I went back and tried a second time.

 

 

Their recommendation that I use a darker more opaque paint for creating the transfer on the plate finally yielded success.

 

 

However, I'm still struggling to find the best paint to pull the prints, so I will try again.  In searching through my paints, I clearly need more opaque colors with higher contrast.

 

 

Regardless, I still love the effect (no idea what I'll ultimately do with them, it just fun to see it work).

 

 

Here are a few more I tried.  The right one I just picked-up directly from the plate with no second color.

Learning how to make new art makes me happy.  

Hope your Saturday is happy too.

Comments

[Nora Noll]

WOW!! I think all of these are cool. I especially like the red one you did without the second color. It looks so artsy!!

[Vicky]

These have blown me away! Vicky x