![]() ![]() For all you printmakers, the transfer may be printed over watercolor monotype and under all media including watercolor, water miscible and oil based ink. The gum coating that holds the ink on the plastic transparency dissolves slightly releasing the water based ink into the paper. With on press transparency transfer the transparency is place on wet paper and run through the press. You may have to keep wetting and rub a lot. Saturate the paper with water and start rubbing off the paper. The matte glue must be completely dry for the next step to work. Gently take your finger and wipe away the excess glue, careful to wipe away from the paper.Gently press it in place being sure not to squeeze out all the glue. Place the damp xerox, image side down on the glue.Apply a thin even coating of matte soft gel to surface that you wish to put the transfer on.Mist the paper with the xerox/laser image with water and let it relax.*Note – see update ( Update: Improvement on Xerox or Laser Transfer – water dissolving paper!). Remember the white and light areas will show whatever the surface is that they have been transferred too.This technique works to transfer onto paper or acrylic surfaces. Cheap paper makes for the easiest transfer* as the image/toner will be glued to the surface for the transfer and the paper must be dissolved away from the toner/pigment of the print. My favorite glue is Golden’s matte soft gel, a very versatile acrylic medium. To transfer the image you will need glue and a fairly fresh Xerox or laser print. The Xerox and laser process uses heat to melt toner/pigment to the surface of the paper creating the image. I did not invent this, folks have been doing it for a while and if you apply the glue correctly is does work. So you want to transfer an image from one surface to another? Here are some techniques I have used/developed and tried with my students over the past 12 years.
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