A few recent image transfers - various processes

[terri31 2]

I made this IT from a cell phone shot as we were approaching the Louvre in Paris last summer (the guy in the foreground with the camera bag is my husband).

The background is a collage from cut-up pieces of background papers I've made with my gel plate. I glued them with gel medium to a 5x7" wooden panel as I arranged them, then painted gel medium over the top to protect the paper.

Here's the original cell phone shot:

Nothing wrong with this shot, really. Just typical. I converted it to B&W, printed it out (reversed) on my laser printer and cut out the sky completely. Coated the collage yet again with gel medium, then placed the image face down and let the paper dry. Peeled off the paper backing and the transfer was complete.




This one was made from an image I shot with my Holga, walking through Soho, London last summer. It's mounted on a square wooden panel - the base color/pattern is also from background paper I made on my gel plate. Same process.

This transfer fought with me a little bit as I removed the paper backing, and it ended up looking a mite grungy - but since that matches Soho, I'm letting it slide here. Funky little store.

Different process on this last one - also from a Holga shot, taken in Paris. Here I actually took a few WIP shots, since I was using acrylic paint for the background.

This is another 6x6 square wooden panel. I painted the background first so I could get the colors I wanted. There's the reversed laser print.

Looks pretty ugly by itself.

I let the acrylic paint dry over night, so I could paint over it with gel medium, then place the print into it while still wet. Let that dry overnight.

Then start the peel-off process. And done.

A messy process but such fun! Thanks for looking!

 

[webestang6410 2]

Fantastic Terri!!!! LOVE the Eiffel Tower shot!

 

[terri31 2]

Thank you, Scotty!

It's fun to remember exactly where you were somewhere when taking a shot, and that approach to the Eiffel Tower was beautiful, but tricky to shoot around. It was fun to play with it some more.

 

[CherylL5 1]

Wow! Thanks for showing the process. These are wonderful

 

[terri31 2]

Thanks, Cheryl - I'm glad you liked them!

 

[bulldurham2]

Good stuff Terri. Thus is a process I have been exploring while recovering from brain surgery (not to worry over as it was Deep Brain Stimulation for my essential tremors.)

 

[terri31 2]

Speedy recovery, my friend!

Thank you for the kind words. This is a pretty relaxed process compared to your work, so it sounds ideal as something to play with while you recover.