Whew! The summer semester is over, and I’m ready for a little break from deadlines. I finished the final project (this book) only by staying up all night on Tuesday; it was due at 9:30am on Wednesday. I’ll take some photos and post them later, but for now I want to memorialize the links I found for image transfer techniques. Some of them I tried, some of them didn’t work, and some of them did sort of, some of them I didn’t have time or materials to try, and so on. Sometime I want to go through each of these techniques in more detail. For now, here are the links, before I lose them:
- Art-E-Zine‘s list of image transfer techniques (thanks to Jackie at TJ Bookarts) with links to how to do them, including …
- the famous Great White transfer technique;
- Riverlark’s list of non-toxic transfer processes which she learned at an MCBA class;
- Jackie Poutasse’s list of links concerning image transfers. posted on her TJ Bookarts blog.
The image above is from the book I made, but this image transfer technique is not listed anywhere in these links above. It’s a color foil application called ColorTag, made by Letraset. The foil is formulated to stick to photocopy toner by heat. I doubt that Letraset is still making these, but I loved the process 20 years ago, and still have the little square iron that is about the size of 3 iPods stacked together, and I have some of the foil too.
Beth, thanks for these links. I’ve been learning to do transfers, and though I haven’t used them in my books yet, I plan to.
I look forward to seeing the pix of your book.
Thanks for these links, Beth and the link to my own site. If you (or your readers) have trouble with any of the techniques I wrote about, just let me know. I’d be happy to help!
Riverlark, thanks. I may be asking questions before too long. I’m hoping to get back to image transfers during the break between semesters.
hey! Congrats on making it through another semester.
I have been mighty slack this summer about doing any types of bookwork, perhaps its the new job.
I have however made a Aug 5 resolution to begin writing more and working on my bookbinding, and reading the 6 yr old to sleep and night.
we’ll see which ones I keep up.
Dave