For this Elective Term, I was in a workshop called Woodshop. This was my second time in Woodshop. This term, we transferred photos onto pieces of wood. To do this, we first chose photos, then reversed them. When you transfer an image, it will appear backward, so we first reversed them to make them forwards on the final product. Next, we all chose pieces of wood from a miscellaneous pile, and, if needed, cut them down to a size that we wanted. Then, to make sure no parts of the image was lost, we changed the dimensions of the photo until it was slightly larger than our wood block. I decided to use a picture of my cats, who are the cutest and who I will always want to preserve on wood.
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| Xena and Watney, MDS (2016). |
Above is the photo I transferred. After printing out our photos, we then cut them to size. After that, we began the transferring process. First, we coated the wood blocks with Mod Podge and placed our printed-out images on the wood, ink side down. At this point, it was very important to flatten the image so that there were no bubbles or bumps, which wouldn't end up transferring. After making sure the image was coated and flat, we left the Mod Podge to dry. When we were certain it was all dry, about 24 hours later, we started to peel the paper off. To remove the paper, we used wet sponges and carefully soaked and rubbed the paper. When the paper was removed (photo below), just the ink from the printer was left, which was our image!
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| Before Clear Coat, MDS (2018) |
Our last step was clear-coating the final to make sure that the little bits of paper that were still stuck were transparent. My final product is below!
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| Final, MDS (2018) |
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