Transfer Papper gör det enkelt att överföra bilder av Christine Cora

If you’ve ever wanted to transfer designs or trace patterns onto a surface,

help is here. Transfer paper can be used to transfer patterns, photocopies,

or drawings to bisque ware as ink. It’s essentially a 9-inch square paper

substrate embedded with one of six colors: black, green, blue, teal, brown,

and rose. All of the colors except rose have a firing range of cone 06–8. The

rose color can only be fired to cone 06 as it burns out at higher temperatures.

The mixture applied to the sheets also contains wax, which helps bind it to

the paper. The sheets are flexible, and can be used on curved surfaces as

well as flat tiles or plates. Like applying any other paper pattern to a clay

vessel, there are limits to the flexibility and coverage over a round surface,

so, depending on your form, it may be necessary to trim or dart the Graffito

Paper or apply the pattern in sections. Experiment with cutting plain paper

to fit your forms first before trimming your image and the Graffito Paper to

size.

Once you have a pattern selected, cut it to size, and make registration marks

on it that extend to the edge of the paper. Attach the Paper to the back of

your pattern or image using painters tape, which adheres well and is also is

easier to remove without leaving residue or damaging your paper pattern.

Either side of the Paper transfers the underglaze, but most of the tests shown

were done with the darker side laid against the piece as it seemed more

saturated with the color. Next, lay the pattern over the bisqued piece and

secure it with tape. Once the image is in place, extend the registration marks

from the paper to the piece. Using a slightly dull pencil, ball point pen or

the larger ball end of a tool, trace over your pattern, pressing firmly. I tested

used a sgraffito tool , a pencil, and a ball point pen. Using the pencil or pen

gives you the benefit of knowing where you left off with a line, while a

sgraffito tool keeps the original image legible for longer, allowing for more

tracings from the same print out. Be careful to keep the sgraffito tool in

constant contact with the piece while you work, so as not to miss an area.

It’s important to finish tracing the drawing before removing the paper. If

you need to peek at your progress, lift only one edge of the papers up and

peel it away slowly so that the drawing transfers properly to the piece.. Lay

the paper back down carefully, smoothing any creases. Make sure that the

registration lines on the paper match those on the surface again before you

continue to trace your pattern. When transferred, the image may need some

clean up where extra underglaze has pulled away from the transfer paper.

Use a sharp tool to remove any excess (figure 4). Once your design is

finished, fire the piece to 500°F to burn off the wax and set the transferred

image or design. If you can’t do this type of firing, the piece can also be

fired to bisque temperatures again to set the underglaze pattern.It shows

the transferred image after a bisque- set firing on the left, and after a glaze

firing on the right.

When glazing, any application method that you normally use will work

with the Paper transfer. Just be sure to use either a clear or transparent

glaze, otherwise your image will be obscured by the glaze once the piece is

fired. Depending on how firmly you press down when tracing over your

image, the finished result can be solid and clean, or can retain the feeling

of old mimeograph illustrations or text from carbon copy forms. A glossy

glaze would give a sharper image.

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If you’ve ever wanted to transfer designs or trace patterns onto a surface,

help is here. Transfer paper can be used to transfer patterns, photocopies,

or drawings to bisque ware as ink. It’s essentially a 9-inch square paper

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