Image Transfers with Acrylic Gel Medium

Step 9 The final product, ready for use

After drying, you're left with the transferred image in the gel. It's ready to use however you chose... incorporate into art projects, paintings, etc., treat it as an object in jewelery or other craft projects, or just use it as a simple window cling: the possibilities are practically endless!

Comments

[aishajoy]

Do you know if this is then heat resistant to 275 F so it can be incorporated into polymer clay projects?

[verdantbeauty]

Acrylic medium gel is truly an awesome product. I experimented with it in an art class and I ended up creating a collage on a piece of plexiglass. Basically, I had my photocopied pictures and applied gel medium to the face of the picture, then laid them on the plexiglass using a block printing roller to get all the air out. After it dried, I removed the paper by hand and with some water, and the cool thing is, you can see the picture from either side of the plexiglass. Great tutorial for beginners!

[peapeam]

I tried the same yesterday for the first time, but then only on the back of a sketchbook (even on cardboard), but it turned out beautifully. I was afraid that it might not work with newspaper print, but it sure worked great! I can't wait to use this method in place of newspaper collage, on canvas.... :)

[themonorail]

can you then transfer this to something else like a shirt or something?

[peapeam]

Sure you can, you can glue it onto a canvas or whatever you want. Read somewhere that some put it on clothes. Haven't tried though. Don't know how it would hold up in machine washing. But I guess that all you have to do, is try, and you'll soon find out... :) Maybe try on an old shirt first? I can't wait to try it on a canvas, then paint on it... :)

[drbobay]

Great idea for a political campaign poster/window cling. I did a direct image print to a window cling and unfortunately when it rained the image was washed away.

[starmoon125]

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Can I paint it down in my Tshirt or other stuff?

[theonly1hardway]

Great presentation and great idea. I have done the same ...or basically the same with spray lacquer just have to be careful it is a little more dissolving than acrylic so your pic could run depending on ink, so the first coats have to be rather thin it does however dry very fast and after it is dry water does not effect it. I believe the acrylic you used is better if you want a thick build up of material. It would take many applications of lacquer to get the thickness you can achieve with the acrylic gel.