old faithful? not so much . . .
Seriously. So I spent the day trying to do some heat transfers and ended up with a little disaster on my hands. Ok, I have to admit that my sixteen year old iron (purchased for the Henry Street studio) is a total fire hazard and I have to be super careful not to electrocute myself when I add water for steam but other than that . . my efforts were thwarted by the crap-tastic transfer paper I was using. I'm not sure that cool press and I were ever meant to be friends.
Changing gears seemed like the only option and with some luck here's where I stand : one faulty iron that turns its self off about every 6 minutes, two very sticky clear transfer image on linen drying in the sun picking up dust and garbage like fly paper, three or four disappointing non-transfer transfers in the garbage and a few semi satisfying pieces in the works. Want to see? Take a peek and btw major photo apologies - it's hard to take macro detail shots in the kitchen at midnight with any degree of success . . .
working title: underwater
working title: measures & waits
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