Image Transfer Techniques: Photocopy Transfer II.

• color photocopied images on paper no heavier than 24 lb. (also works with b/w laser printouts and photocopies)
  
• gloss or matte acrylic medium (found where ever acrylic paints are sold)
• source of water or wet sponges
  
• brush
  
• heavy weigh paper to transfer image to (my favorite is BFK Rives)

1. Cut out the photocopied image you are about to transfer as close to the edge as possible.


2. Brush acrylic gloss or matte medium over the photocopied image, making sure all areas are covered. However, it is important that no medium reaches the back side (white side) or you will have a white spot in your final image. Let this first coat dry. When it is completely dry (no longer cool to the touch), brush another coat. Repeat this drying and brushing step at least 5 times, always making sure that no medium reaches the back side.


3. When your photocopied image is dry after the last coating of medium, prepare your paper that you will be transferring it to by brushing a coat of medium on it the size of the image where you would like the final transfer to take place. Quickly, while the medium on the paper is still wet, brush a thing coating of medium across your photocopied image, and place it image side down onto the paper where you have acrylic medium ready for it. Working quickly before the acrylic medium dries, firmly press down, using your fingernail as a scraper, making sure that there are no air bubbles, and that the image is firmly adhered. The success of the transfer depends on this. Where it is not adhered, the image will eventually peel off. As you are scraping with your fingernail, you will see how the image is darker or clearer on the reverse side. Scrape so that the entire image is like this. Then let it dry until it is no longer cool to the touch.


4. With a wet sponge or water, dampen the back of the photocopied image. Rub back and forth with the sponge, and/or your fingernail, gradually rubbing the paper off in small bits. Keep adding water as it will make this peeling and rubbing stage much easier. When you are finished, and it is completely dry, the image should be clear and embedded in acrylic medium. If it dries and you see hazy white film in some areas, you need to dampen and scrape some more, as that is the photocopy paper still present. If some areas peeled off, the image wasn't adhered well enough in step three, and that is the result.

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