BEVERLY SCULPTR on thu 21 feb 02
This sounds VERY INTERESTING ... please someone let me know how this work=
s
=2E..THANKS ....Beverly
Martin Howard wrote:
Brenda, I am just about to do that. You might like to try it first:-o and=
pass me the result!
Get a cheap computer printer which has fabric ribbon cartridges.
Soak the ribbon with a fine glaze ink of your choosing.
The black on the cartridge fabric will burn away; your glaze ink will sta=
y.
Put the photo into the computer and print out onto ceramic transfer paper=
=2E
Then follow the instructions for transferring the transfer onto your pot.=
Try it first before doing a boardful!
I am hoping to do this with children's pottery parties. Take a photo at t=
he
party, then put it on each pot that the children have thrown.
In theory this should work with coloured ink jet printers, but we need ve=
ry
fine glaze ink for that as well as some of the usual printer ink because =
of
the messages it needs to give to the printer to work. When we have the
mixture right we just need to inject the new liquid into old cartridges.
Martin Howard
Webbs Cottage Pottery
Woolpits Road, Great Saling
BRAINTREE, Essex CM7 5DZ
01371 850 423
martin@webbscottage.co.uk
http://www.webbscottage.co.uk
Updated 8th February 2002
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