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Image Transfer Workshop: Mixed-media Techniques for Successful Transfers
No Fear Transfers If you have never tried image transfers or have experienced image transfer mishaps, then Image Transfer Workshop is for you. This book presents step-by-step techniques for 35 image transfer processes, extensive tips for fixing mishaps and examples of how to combine transfers in finished pieces of mixed-media art. This comprehensive guide Let Image Transfer Workshop help build your image transfer confidence.
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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October 21, 2009
Whenever I see a new book come out on my favorite technique, image transfers, I simply cannot restrain my fingers from hitting the "buy me now" button. Once in awhile I am disappointed but sometimes I am also totally, unabashedly, thrilled with a book. This book, "Image Transfer Workshop", looked like it was right up my alley and it is ! I LOVE this book. It explores so many different techniques and presents them so well that I would venture to say that this is a "must have" book for anyone who has an interest in image transfers, mixed media, or art quilting. I think it is one of the best books on this subject to come down the proverbial pike in a long time. "Transfers & Altered Images" by Chris Cozen is still a favorite book but is a bit more technique focused because Ms. Cozen is an artist for Golden Paints. Golden Paints are my favorite products to use but it is good to have a book that covers ALL manner of image transfer techniques. This book does that and does it very admirably.
The variety of techniques covered in the book is phenomenal . It's a fabulous resource and I think, should be in the library of any mixed media artist! 5 stars on this one !
Just have a look at the fabulous "Table Of Contents" of this book! It sums it all up!
The variety of techniques covered in the book is phenomenal . It's a fabulous resource and I think, should be in the library of any mixed media artist! 5 stars on this one !
Just have a look at the fabulous "Table Of Contents" of this book! It sums it all up!
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June 30, 2016Need to purchase!
No Fear Transfers
If you have never tried image transfers or have experienced image transfer mishaps, then Image Transfer Workshop is for you. This book presents step-by-step techniques for 35 image transfer processes, extensive tips for fixing mishaps and examples of how to combine transfers in finished pieces of mixed-media art.
This comprehensive guide features:
35 Techniques: This book focuses exclusively on making transfers from simple tape and gel medium transfers to more complex and out of the box techniques, like solar silk screens and plastic wrap transfers. Troubleshooting: Image Transfer Workshop includes extensive answers to help fix problems in transfers gone wrong. You'll learn what to watch for, what to do to get great transfers every time. Dual Styles, Dual Approaches: The authors' different styles illustrate how transfer techniques can take on completely different looks. Finished pieces of art for each technique and a section of completely stepped-out projects are sure to inspire you!
Let Image Transfer Workshop help build your image transfer confidence.
Notes
Darlene Olivia McElroy has taught a variety of mixed-media subjects at the collegiate level and has led workshops at local craft stores as well as in her studio. She has received two Best in Mixed-Media awards from the Contemporary Hispanic Market (2005 and 2006) as well as Best Dimensional and Best of Show at the Faces of Women in Las Vegas and New Mexico.
Sandra Duran Wilson has been teaching Alternative Printmaking at Santa Fe Community College for the last three years, and she teaches workshops at a variety of venues. She received the Best in Printmaking award in 2002 and the Best in Mixed-Media award in 2004, both in the Contemporary Hispanic Market.
No Fear Transfers
If you have never tried image transfers or have experienced image transfer mishaps, then Image Transfer Workshop is for you. This book presents step-by-step techniques for 35 image transfer processes, extensive tips for fixing mishaps and examples of how to combine transfers in finished pieces of mixed-media art.
This comprehensive guide features:
35 Techniques: This book focuses exclusively on making transfers from simple tape and gel medium transfers to more complex and out of the box techniques, like solar silk screens and plastic wrap transfers. Troubleshooting: Image Transfer Workshop includes extensive answers to help fix problems in transfers gone wrong. You'll learn what to watch for, what to do to get great transfers every time. Dual Styles, Dual Approaches: The authors' different styles illustrate how transfer techniques can take on completely different looks. Finished pieces of art for each technique and a section of completely stepped-out projects are sure to inspire you!
Let Image Transfer Workshop help build your image transfer confidence.
Notes
Darlene Olivia McElroy has taught a variety of mixed-media subjects at the collegiate level and has led workshops at local craft stores as well as in her studio. She has received two Best in Mixed-Media awards from the Contemporary Hispanic Market (2005 and 2006) as well as Best Dimensional and Best of Show at the Faces of Women in Las Vegas and New Mexico.
Sandra Duran Wilson has been teaching Alternative Printmaking at Santa Fe Community College for the last three years, and she teaches workshops at a variety of venues. She received the Best in Printmaking award in 2002 and the Best in Mixed-Media award in 2004, both in the Contemporary Hispanic Market.
October 7, 2009
Great for inkjet transfer virgins.
Each method provides excellent technical information, including lightfastness.
My beef with this book, and craft books in general, is that the quality isn't good. Lots of spelling errors, the artwork examples are not good or inspiring. The authors should have solicited artwork from others.
I wasn't inspired and returned this. It is great to have so many craft books (I remember a time when it was hard to find mixed media books and magazines) but with the glut we have now, quality is declining. I'm going to be very selective with my art/craft book money in the future.
Each method provides excellent technical information, including lightfastness.
My beef with this book, and craft books in general, is that the quality isn't good. Lots of spelling errors, the artwork examples are not good or inspiring. The authors should have solicited artwork from others.
I wasn't inspired and returned this. It is great to have so many craft books (I remember a time when it was hard to find mixed media books and magazines) but with the glut we have now, quality is declining. I'm going to be very selective with my art/craft book money in the future.
March 25, 2012
pretty standard. could get most of this info off the Internet. which is unfortunately true for many tutorial books.
January 27, 2019
Love it!
Great instructional book, very detailed. Love the section of "what ifs" and how to correct them mistakes. Eager to learn the techniques i don't know. Highly recommend this book.
Great instructional book, very detailed. Love the section of "what ifs" and how to correct them mistakes. Eager to learn the techniques i don't know. Highly recommend this book.
December 31, 2018
Packed full of well explained techniques for creating image transfers. I taught the polymer clay method in a workshop this year.
July 7, 2025
Some good ideas. Some simple and some not. Just pick and choose which ones reader prefers.
July 9, 2017
Good techniques well-explained. Would have liked to have a bit more on the why in addition to the how.
July 17, 2022
If you’re going to add one transfer book to your art library, this would be the one I’d pick. There are so many different methods of transferring images that odds are high you’ll find one that works with materials you have on hand. There are a few methods that use proprietary products (Lazertran) or products no longer made but the vast majority use materials most mixed media artists have in their studios or ones that are easily obtained and can be used for other things. Both things I value highly.
Each method is clearly stepped out and also lists prominently what you need, what substrates the method works best with, the archival quality of the method and any important limitations. This makes it quick to find a method that will work with the printer you’re using (ink jet or laser) and what you are trying to get the image on (paper, fabric, acrylic painting, etc). As an added bonus of usefulness the author includes several troubleshooting tips if the transfer didn’t work well so you can more easily diagnose where you may have gone wrong.
Each method is clearly stepped out and also lists prominently what you need, what substrates the method works best with, the archival quality of the method and any important limitations. This makes it quick to find a method that will work with the printer you’re using (ink jet or laser) and what you are trying to get the image on (paper, fabric, acrylic painting, etc). As an added bonus of usefulness the author includes several troubleshooting tips if the transfer didn’t work well so you can more easily diagnose where you may have gone wrong.
August 28, 2011
wow, this is an incredibly comprehensive book on image transfer. Over 30 techniques are taught in very clearly written tutorials and the troubleshooting and fix-it tips are great pluses for when things go wrong, and they do. A couple of projects are also included. I like that several of the techniques use materials that can easily be found around the home, so anyone can immediately start creating.
This is a must-have book for anyone interested in art, collage and mixed-media.
This is a must-have book for anyone interested in art, collage and mixed-media.
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July 31, 2011There is not much in the way of instruction here, but alot of ideas of what to do with various mediujms--reminds me of Cindi Laukes' work.
February 3, 2016
to buy
December 3, 2016
Good reference book
April 7, 2017
There are a lot of books out that offer to teach readers transfer techniques, but from what I've seen, most of them only offer to teach a small number of techniques for a fairly pricey book. The techniques also appear to be the few basic ones that most people who have done any amount of art practice at all have already figured out and so most books are aimed at the true novice.
The Image Transfer Workshop is NOT one of those books. It is AWESOME! It includes so many techniques and riffs on those techniques that I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to shell out the money to buy the book - having read it on my kindle cloud reader - to keep as a reference book for my art library. It is geared mostly toward art journalists, however, I can use so many of these techniques to enhance my own mixed media artwork in the ways I was hoping I would learn from this book that I actually feel guilty I got to read the book for free in a Kindle Unlimited deal when I bought my kindle. To benefit so greatly for free just makes me want to buy the book to pay the authors back for all that they've given to my future art! LOL
As a professional artist I used to pass over books like these because I would look at the finished art inside the books and think that there was nothing inside for me because the art looked NOTHING like the kind of art that I did. However, I got down off my high horse so I could take a closer look at the instructions and realized that I didn't have to make art that looked like that in order to benefit from these books. I could take the instructions and use the techniques any way I wanted. I don't have to use the ideas in an art journal. I can easily adapt any of them to a 20" x 30" canvas. I am eager to get to my studio to start using about a dozen of the techniques in this book...and that's just a beginning. The hardest part will be choosing which one to start with because they all look like so much fun as well as promising a range of new ways to express myself.
The Image Transfer Workshop is NOT one of those books. It is AWESOME! It includes so many techniques and riffs on those techniques that I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to shell out the money to buy the book - having read it on my kindle cloud reader - to keep as a reference book for my art library. It is geared mostly toward art journalists, however, I can use so many of these techniques to enhance my own mixed media artwork in the ways I was hoping I would learn from this book that I actually feel guilty I got to read the book for free in a Kindle Unlimited deal when I bought my kindle. To benefit so greatly for free just makes me want to buy the book to pay the authors back for all that they've given to my future art! LOL
As a professional artist I used to pass over books like these because I would look at the finished art inside the books and think that there was nothing inside for me because the art looked NOTHING like the kind of art that I did. However, I got down off my high horse so I could take a closer look at the instructions and realized that I didn't have to make art that looked like that in order to benefit from these books. I could take the instructions and use the techniques any way I wanted. I don't have to use the ideas in an art journal. I can easily adapt any of them to a 20" x 30" canvas. I am eager to get to my studio to start using about a dozen of the techniques in this book...and that's just a beginning. The hardest part will be choosing which one to start with because they all look like so much fun as well as promising a range of new ways to express myself.
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