http://dailyartmuse.com/2007/02/08/transfer-pencils/ Contemporary fine craft curated by Susan Lomuto Tue, 22 May 2012 02:40:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://dailyartmuse.com/2007/02/08/transfer-pencils/#comment-4292 jacqui Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:22:36 +0000 http://dailyartmuse.com/?p=1108#comment-4292 use xerox printed images or newsprint and rub it on the clay and then bake. it works. use xerox printed images or newsprint and rub it on the clay and then bake. it works.

]]> http://dailyartmuse.com/2007/02/08/transfer-pencils/#comment-1078 Jeanne Rhea Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:52:44 +0000 http://dailyartmuse.com/?p=1108#comment-1078 I have tried this. It depends on the pencil used. I have also tried it with the embroidery transfer papers as well. I have tried it with the vintage embroidery transfers---just ironing them on the cured clay. All of the vintage embroidery transfers eventually bleed. I tested with white, translucent and white pearl clays. In a matter of months the transfers had traveled from the top to the middle of the sheet of clay even though the clay was cured. Within a year, the designs were on the bottom of the sheet. I still have all of the samples that go back to 1997. Eventually the designs turn into a blur and unrecognizable image. I think that the polymer clay would have to be sealed to prevent the transfer from going through. If you are interested in details, I will be glad to hunt them up and take some photos. It has been a long time since I tried the transfer pencils and the embroider transfer papers, but unless they have changed them I doubt that they would work well. I have tried this. It depends on the pencil used. I have also tried it with the embroidery transfer papers as well. I have tried it with the vintage embroidery transfers—just ironing them on the cured clay. All of the vintage embroidery transfers eventually bleed. I tested with white, translucent and white pearl clays. In a matter of months the transfers had traveled from the top to the middle of the sheet of clay even though the clay was cured. Within a year, the designs were on the bottom of the sheet. I still have all of the samples that go back to 1997. Eventually the designs turn into a blur and unrecognizable image. I think that the polymer clay would have to be sealed to prevent the transfer from going through. If you are interested in details, I will be glad to hunt them up and take some photos. It has been a long time since I tried the transfer pencils and the embroider transfer papers, but unless they have changed them I doubt that they would work well.

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