Here’s the image that I started with for this piece:

It wasn’t high resolution or anything: just a pretty picture. I used Golden’s Digital Ground White, and stroked it onto a piece of waxed paper, adding a few layers until the piece was covered where I planned to print. The image printed out quite well, and stayed a bit wet for awhile. I didn’t worry about that, though, since I planned to do a transfer. The transfer was made onto plain white copy paper, using the instructions for a basic paper image transfer.

Step by step instructions

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Waxed paper transfer collage

I first mentioned the idea of using waxed paper to do image transfers in the spring: Golden’s came out with three new digital grounds which allows for inkjet prints and transfers to be brighter, clearer…well, and just plain possible on more surfaces than ever before. I used the Digital Ground White, and you can read about it here. Here are the instructions for doing a basic paper image transfer.

Tomorrow, I’ll take you through the steps of assembling this collage.  To prepare, take a look at the links above, and you’ll be ready to do and use any transfer that you have, whether or not it’s been done with waxed paper.

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Dahlia

The fabulous blog, Craft Tutorials, has provided a step-by-step tutorial on making contact prints. As many different types of image transfers as we’ve discussed here, this is one that I missed! It’s simple, and just plain brilliant! Thanks Donna

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Image transfers by contact printing