Transfer printing:
There were 3 types of transfer printing taught to us.
Dry Indirect Transfer
Apply pattern onto paper using transfer crayon
Sandwich fabric between baking paper to prevent sticking and apply heat using the heatpress, at 130°C (for polyester).
Wet Transfer
Direct :
Paint your objects with transprint ink
Lay them painted side down on the fabric and sandwich them between baking sheets
Apply heat.
Indirect:
Apply transprint ink on paper and let dry
Lay your objects on your fabric and cover with the painted paper.
Sandwich between baking paper and apply heat with heatpress (130°C for polyester).
Digital Transfer
Utilising a special transfer paper (OBM and CPM from The Magic Touch where we would have our excursion in lesson 6), the paper would transfer the toner onto the material.
TTC is used for light fabrics while CPM is used for smooth hard surfaces.
Simply printing onto it and applying the heat press at 130°C (polyester) would transfer the print. Although any laserjet printer would supposedly work, my print started to peel away from the paper a few hours later.
Reflections:
The techniques taught this lesson would be useful for packaging and directly replicating textures found around us. The high definition transfer of the feather’s ruffles really surprised me
I also realised that it would take a couple of revisions to the settings and a few trials and errors before the samples would turn out the way I wanted.