Laura A. Jackett 

65 North Drive • Rochester, NY 14612 • (585) 225-0065 • laurajackett@yahoo.com • laurajackett.net

Program Title: Photographic Transfers

Program Format:  Workshop

Length of Program: 1.5 hours, can be extended

Audience limit: 15

Space Required: open room with worktables, adequate ventilation, sink

Set up Time: 15 minutes

Equipment Needs: supplied by instructor: rag paper, drafting tape, Adhesive remover or lighter fluid, acrylic polymer medium, trays, brushes, heat transfer paper, mending material, pencils, access to copier (optional)

supplied by students: recent magazines images (up to two months old), color or black and white photos, and black and white copies

Course Description: Transfers can be used to produce a finished artwork on cloth or paper, lending themselves well to scrapbooking, quilting and other uses. Photo transfers can be accomplished through several different methods. One is with transfer paper and an iron, another is with acrylic gel medium and a brush and the last we’ll do is with a solvent and a pencil. They all require pre-printed images that we want to move from one surface to another either for a collage effect or an embellishment. 

We will be using an adhesive remover in this workshop. Students are encouraged to bring recent magazine/newspaper images (no more than two month’s old as the ink will dry) which we will transfer to artist’ paper by cutting out the image, leaving a small margin around the outside. The image will be taped face down onto good quality receiving paper with drafting tape. A small amount of adhesive remover is dripped onto the back and spread with a finger. The artist then uses a blunt instrument such as a pencil to rub the image. It will transfer to the receiving paper and may be checked periodically by lifting up an edge. Other images and words (which will transfer backwards) may be added to create a collage.