It's All About Transfers - WORKSHOP FILLED -

Traci Bunkers

This class is all about transfers! Because I love to use a lot of images, and photos in my work and am drawn to the complexity of them in layers, I have perfected different photo transfer techniques. I will teach you these techniques and then we’ll bind the transfers together in a simple Japanese stab-bound book. We will explore inkjet transfers, packing tape transfers, photocopy transfers, and how to layer them to get a rich look. The covers of our book will be constructed from food packaging boxes such as cereal or frozen pizza boxes that we’ll collage and decorate. When finished, your book will be a work of art in itself, the groundwork for a small artist book or visual journal, or a valuable reference book for future photo transfer projects. This is a great low-stress class that doesn’t require much brain power and you can make collage material to use in your other classes!

Instructor Will Provide: the needles and yarn/cord to bind the books and “hinge” material. I’ll also bring various supplies needed for the transfers, such as spray bottles, fingernail polish remover, cotton balls, and xylene blender pens.

Supply List:
Paper to transfer onto: can be plain or printed, but can’t be glossy. Must be a little bigger than the size of book you want to make. The sample book is about 8-3/4” x 6”. Note: your book can have as many pages as you want and they can be different.
Chipboard (cereal boxes, frozen pizza boxes, etc.) Cut the box apart into 2 pieces a little bigger than the size of book you want to make.
Photos/images printed or copied on the following papers:
--inkjet prints on “Jet Print Photo--Multi-Project Photo Paper”, medium weight, gloss finish
-- inkjet prints on “Jet Print Photo--Multi-Project Photo Paper”, medium weight, matte finish -OR- Burlington “Print Works Photo paper” matte finish, 6 mil.

Note: Old ink jet prints don’t work as well for transfers. Try Wal-mart for both jet Print Photo papers. Try Wal-mart or Target for the Printworks paper.
inkjet prints on inkjet transparencies

black & white copies (must be toner-based, not inkjet).

Note: Print/copy all inkjet images reversed (flopped) if there is text or a definite “right side”. The black & white copies on paper can be either. Also, it is harder to do transfers from inkjet printers that use archival or durabrite inks—it can be done, but it’s harder!

Small jar of Gel Medium.
A few cheap 1” paint brushes
things to decorate covers: collage material, paints, stamps & stamp pads
Glue stick
Scissors
Brayer
Clear packing tape
Bone folder

If you have any questions, please e-mail Traci at Bonkers@bonkersfiber.com! Website: www.bonkersfiber.com