Inkjet Transfers similar to Polaroid

[JBrunner]

No, not iron-ons. Seems there is a process for transfering inkjet printed images to a porous medium for an effect similar to a Polaroid transfer. Anyone done this?

 

[removed account4]

here's a few tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ink+jet+image+transfer
https://www.alternativephotography.com/fuji-image-transfer/
https://www.alternativephotography.com/processes/
(look towards the bottom of the page there is a slew of image transfer info )

I think a classmate was using a regular ink jet print and peroxide to do it too, I will have to ask because it pretty much blew my mind... and I don't want to point you in the wrong direction. ...

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

here's a few tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ink+jet+image+transfer
https://www.alternativephotography.com/fuji-image-transfer/
https://www.alternativephotography.com/processes/
(look towards the bottom of the page there is a slew of image transfer info )

I think a classmate was using a regular ink jet print and peroxide to do it too, I will have to ask because it pretty much blew my mind... and I don't want to point you in the wrong direction. ...

I'd love to hear about this too, John. Might be something I can do with my photo students.

 

[fgorga]

I have only experimented a very little bit with transferring inkjet images to other surfaces. Thus I don't really have any direct advice.

However, two books come to mind...

Image Transfer Workshop by McElroy and Wilson (amazon link)

Digital Art Studio by Schminke, Krause and Lhotka (amazon link)

 

[removed account4]

classmate used household bleach to remove the ink jet image from the paper... not peroxide, I mis-spoke.

 

[JBrunner]

Found this:

https://www.your-decorative-painting-resource.com/inkjet-image-transfer.html

Looks pretty basic, and interesting...

 

[winger]

Found this:

https://www.your-decorative-painting-resource.com/inkjet-image-transfer.html

Looks pretty basic, and interesting...

I've done some using basically this method, but with Mod Podge. It takes some experimenting to get the amount of the media correct. The image can also tear when you're rubbing off the paper. Another method uses printing on a transparency and transferring that. I've tried that and it needs just the right amount of media. Too much and you get a mushy result; too little and it doesn't transfer. I'm still working this one out.

There are also more methods using laser prints. Those are reportedly easier to transfer using gel plates. Laser prints will usually transfer with something oily and a bone folder or back of a spoon. If you look for Nitsa Malik on YouTube, she has several videos on transfers.

 

[nmp]

isn't this same as what is called "gel transfer" which is pretty common in the craft world.

In my neck of the woods, there is this photographic work that I have seen in person and admire:

http://www.bradywilks.com/

I think he has a how-to book as well.

:Niranjan.