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Left example is one of Mayco Stroke and Coat purples, right is Speedball purple, both with Mayco Crystal Clear overglaze.  62 mm diameter after firing.  Colors were dried down, and modified with gum arabic solution as previously mentioned.  Ready patterned screens were probably Keoker.  "Half-ripe" xuan roll paper.  I sponge on the dried transfer print, then brush with a soap solution, and burnish with a wooden tool before peeling.  Soap solution brushing is a habit from earlier hot oil/intaglio fine line work with soap-sized tissue (soap sizing the tissue before printing is necessary there, but counterproductive for aqueous glazes), and may not be essential.  Look for the color to go more white under the paper surface as a partial clue to adhered transfer, not as reliable an indication as with commercial transfers, but useful.  Clay Planet Low Fire White cone 04 bisque then 04 or 06 glaze.  I have also had good results on Texas Blackjack clay (dark gray in the block, fires white).  Note how the Mayco purple does not develop as strong a line density, but gives a pleasantly softened line under the clear glaze.

Tissue transfer ... Prepare a silk screen or start experimenting with the screens sold for earring decoration on polymer clay.  Use "half-ripe" xuan paper available in cut sheet or roll form, sold for China calligraphy practice, currently under $US30 for a 35 cm x 100 m roll.  "Raw" xuan works but often with more gaps, call it rustic.  "Full ripe" paper gave poor results in a brief try.  Disused sewing pattern paper can also work.  Unprinted cut sheet transfer paper from transfer suppliers is better but more costly.  Transfer tissue best for hot oil ink intaglio process (Potclays, maybe unavailable now) was not good for this technique.  Use glaze or underglaze dried down to around toothpaste to peanut butter consistency.  I feel that adding a little gum arabic solution helps transfer behavior.  I blue tape the paper and screen to a commercial glazed tile, and use a plastic scraper (putty knife) to apply the ink directly.  I have good results with old Speedball earthenware glazes (neglected in jars for 6 years), a couple of new Sax underglazes dried down, and a couple of old Coyote high fire underglazes.  Some Mayco Stroke and Coat colors have done ok.

Tissue transfer ... Prepare a silk screen or start experimenting with the screens sold for earring decoration on polymer clay.  Use "half-ripe" xuan paper available in cut sheet or roll form, sold for China calligraphy practice, currently under $US30 for a 35 cm x 100 m roll.  "Raw" xuan works but often with more gaps, call it rustic.  "Full ripe" paper gave poor results in a brief try.  Disused sewing pattern paper can also work.  Unprinted cut sheet transfer paper from transfer suppliers is better but more costly.  Transfer tissue best for hot oil ink intaglio process (Potclays, maybe unavailable now) was not good for this technique.  Use glaze or underglaze dried down to around toothpaste to peanut butter consistency.  I feel that adding a little gum arabic solution helps transfer behavior.  I blue tape the paper and screen to a commercial glazed tile, and use a plastic scraper (putty knife) to apply the ink directly.  I have good results with old Speedball earthenware glazes (neglected in jars for 6 years), a couple of new Sax underglazes dried down, and a couple of old Coyote high fire underglazes.  Some Mayco Stroke and Coat colors have done ok.

Tissue transfer ... Prepare a silk screen or start experimenting with the screens sold for earring decoration on polymer clay.  Use "half-ripe" xuan paper available in cut sheet or roll form, sold for China calligraphy practice, currently under $US30 for a 35 cm x 100 m roll.  "Raw" xuan works but often with more gaps, call it rustic.  "Full ripe" paper gave poor results in a brief try.  Disused sewing pattern paper can also work.  Unprinted cut sheet transfer paper from transfer suppliers is better but more costly.  Transfer tissue best for hot oil ink intaglio process (Potclays, maybe unavailable now) was not good for this technique.  Use glaze or underglaze dried down to around toothpaste to peanut butter consistency.  I feel that adding a little gum arabic solution helps transfer behavior.  I blue tape the paper and screen to a commercial glazed tile, and use a plastic scraper (putty knife) to apply the ink directly.  I have good results with old Speedball earthenware glazes (neglected in jars for 6 years), a couple of new Sax underglazes dried down, and a couple of old Coyote high fire underglazes.  Some Mayco Stroke and Coat colors have done ok.