To paraphrase a well-known saying: If it weren’t for bad results, I’d have no results at all! This time I tried a sheet of 3M transparency for inkjet printers (CG3480) on that Superfine Letterpress paper which I’m beginning to really hate, at least for transfers. This is an image from my January 2 post. The G transferred best; I think it’s because I burnished it more, but I’m not sure. Parts of this transfer are image are a complete mess, with bits of paper torn up from the substrate.
Then I transferred this image from my January 1 post (printed on the same transparency as the above image) onto an Arches Text Wove page. No tearing paper, but the transfer wasn’t a tearing success either! I burnished it a lot, and let it sit quite awhile before I pulled up the transparency.
I’m flummoxed. (Isn’t that a great word, though? I’ll take my amusements where I can get them …)
Beth not sure this helps but I find it also depends on how thick or thin your medium is. to much and it smears to little and it does no transfer well. Personally I like the look of old worn out transfers. Three of my pieces from my show last year had parts transfered using the transparencies. The rooster, the three butterflies and the lily of the valley painting. keep at it.
Thanks for the tips and encouragement, Toni. I like the worn look too, but my results are a bit too worn. More dissatisfying than that is the torn-up paper. I’ll keeping working on it.