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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


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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