Inkjet Heat Transfer workshop

Explore a creative and fun way to put your photos, artwork, and designs onto a variety of surfaces using heat transfers and an inkjet printer. At this hands-on workshop, we'll use several different products to transfer your images onto fabric, wood, tile, and more. You'll complete at least one transfer at the workshop, and a handout is included so you'll be all set to make original gifts and artwork on your own.

This is a versatile, clean, and inexpensive way to place your photos and images onto things that you can't fit through your printer. I'll show you tips and tricks to get great results from transfers, and introduce you to the best-quality products, including Transfer Artist Paper (TAP), which I used to make the collage box in the first photograph.

Another heat transfer product I like is made by Lazertran, a company that makes the waterslide decals I use in many of my art pieces.  The top of the Lisianthus box (see second photo) is a Lazertran heat transfer.

Want to learn more? Here are some of my blog posts about using heat transfers:

Photos on wooden boxes, part 1

Photos on metal, part 1

Photos on tiles, part 1

Photos on tiles, part 2

Taught by Heidi Rand on Sunday April 28, from noon to 3 pm at The Village Shops and Galleries, 10330 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito (between Stockton and Eureka). Free parking and wheelchair accessible. $40 plus a materials fee.

Pre-registration is required because I'm limiting the size of the class, so please email me at heidirand@gmail.com. For the complete list of my workshops and other events, go to the workshop page on my website.

If you're not in the Bay Area, you can learn the same techniques at my online workshop at CraftArtEdu, Decorating Wood With Image Transfers.