Heat Paper Transfer

This piece has heat transferred photograhic images that I took of old buildings on a trip South. It is on an acrylic substrate. The images have added stitch and the butterflies and foliage are laminated paper napkin prints. The top and bottom have been printed with a thermofax image

Heat Paper Transfer is a means of taking an image (photographic or abstract) and printing it onto the specially formulated paper in a standard home printer so it can be heat transferred onto fabric. If there is text or directional factors in the image, it will need to be mirror imaged before printing.

The paper usually comes in packs. Once printed if you do not want all the image you can cut away the parts that you do not want. Place the print side down and use a heat setting on your iron as hot as the fabric can take. Press for a little while then carefully lift the corner of the paper to see if the transfer is progressing. This process can also be done with a heat press if you have access to one,

This method is a relatively expensive method but does achieve a good result. The paper has improved a lot since it was first introduced to the market. Colour or black and white images can be transferred