Martin Howard on thu 25 oct 01
on how to do hand-written lettering without the colours smearing? >
A computer friend has got me an old Epson printer with a fabric band through
which needles put the ink (for ink now read finely sieved glaze or slip)
onto the page of paper (now read decal transfer paper). He's just cleaning
it up for me. The modern Stylus inkjet systems have become to complex to
risk putting glaze into the old cartridges, but I would like to try a half
and half mix sometime (on somebody else's machine:-))
This may well be the way, for me, to put names on pots.
I'm hopeless at calligraphy and artwork!
At the pottery parties each child throws a bowl or a mug as well as hand
builds something interesting on the work table.
Keeping the names together with the ware is not always easy.
Just had a party where their was a Jamie and a Jaimie.
So if this computer system works I will get the names beforehand and print
out transfers to go onto each piece of work.
Will they smear? I will let you know:-)
In the meantime don't throw those old printers away! Or dig them out from
the bottom of the rubbish pit and clean them up again.
Martin Howard
Webbs Cottage Pottery
Woolpits Road, Great Saling
BRAINTREE, Essex CM7 5DZ
01371 850 423
martin@webbscottage.co.uk
http://www.webbscottage.co.uk
This web-site is being updated NOW!
Earl Brunner on thu 25 oct 01
Check the Archives, been discussed before.
Martin Howard wrote:
> > on how to do hand-written lettering without the colours smearing? >
>
> A computer friend has got me an old Epson printer with a fabric band through
> which needles put the ink (for ink now read finely sieved glaze or slip)
> onto the page of paper (now read decal transfer paper). He's just cleaning
> it up for me. The modern Stylus inkjet systems have become to complex to
> risk putting glaze into the old cartridges, but I would like to try a half
> and half mix sometime (on somebody else's machine:-))
>
> This may well be the way, for me, to put names on pots.
> I'm hopeless at calligraphy and artwork!
> At the pottery parties each child throws a bowl or a mug as well as hand
> builds something interesting on the work table.
> Keeping the names together with the ware is not always easy.
> Just had a party where their was a Jamie and a Jaimie.
> So if this computer system works I will get the names beforehand and print
> out transfers to go onto each piece of work.
>
> Will they smear? I will let you know:-)
>
> In the meantime don't throw those old printers away! Or dig them out from
> the bottom of the rubbish pit and clean them up again.
>
> Martin Howard
> Webbs Cottage Pottery
> Woolpits Road, Great Saling
> BRAINTREE, Essex CM7 5DZ
> 01371 850 423
> martin@webbscottage.co.uk
> http://www.webbscottage.co.uk
> This web-site is being updated NOW!
>
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Martin Howard on fri 26 oct 01
I know Earl. I was one of those discussing it.
This is new information in response to a query, which we didn't cover the
previous time.
Martin Howard
Webbs Cottage Pottery
Woolpits Road, Great Saling
BRAINTREE, Essex CM7 5DZ
01371 850 423
martin@webbscottage.co.uk
http://www.webbscottage.co.uk
This web-site is being updated NOW!
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