Photo lithography on clay - nothing transferred
I have used the following tools:
- Roller
- Arabic Gum Liquid
- Indian Ink
- Tried two pictures: 1. Printed in color by a laser Xerox. 2. Copied black and white by another Xerox machine.
Made everything as in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUNH6KvYGnk
Tried 2 times with both pictures on soft leather hard clay and nothing transferred.
Please help me understand what I am doing wrong.
I would suggest starting with DIY ink -- oil+pigment (a mason stain sounds good[1]). [2]
.. and an image with some largish 100% back and 100% white areas.
Everybody seems to say no to inkjet printers. Some [all?] Xerox and Laser printers produce
a fused plastic image that is likely to be good at rejecting water and being receptive to oil.
While inkjet inks may be water-soluble.
After you've applied the gum-arabic solution and let things stand for a while you should
see that th