Image transfer from inkjet print to leather

[Cattleman]

I use similar methods as others have described to get the larger broad details of the pattern transfered... Then I will use a 6B pencil and draw in the finer details directly onto the leather.

Edited October 20, 2023 by Cattleman
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[Dwight]

If you really ONLY want the outline . . . and you are doing a bunch of stuff on and off . . . 

You may want to look into a laser engraver.  I have two of them now . . . one is simply for putting "stuff" on leather . . . and the other one I'll be devoting mostly to cutting out patterns.

There are units out there like my little one . . . will do a 14 inch square piece without moving the feet . . . (or you could decorate the whole side of a cow hide just by moving the unit on the taped down leather hide) . . . 

It will take any *.jpg I want to give it . . . thru LaserGRBL . . . and I can scale it up or down at my pleasure. 

You can make the lines as dark or as light as you want.

Draw out what you want . . . take a picture of it . . . send it to your computer . . . move it to LaserGRBL . . . tell it to do it's thing.  

Depending on what you are wanting . . . I've had pieces take up to a half hour to duplicate . . . but when it is done . . . yahooo . . . it's what I wanted.

This one is very similar to my little one . . . https://www.ebay.com/itm/305103253109?hash=item4709922e75%3Ag%3AfAcAAOSwiethOa4z&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4F2Kls0UH2Gr9qi8vzR9JYyij83n6Gk9FxlYGcYs56MuEMY9qlKfH8fY2im9ml5NHodhj0uHTtnVaw%2B8Ao25ZQUzZy06VJsp%2FEWIjP7w2iF016Gk78DFa%2BqZ6u1wsNUqVurN22kMCjoFvL%2FYDMRR6NFp%2BpAbZlJN4%2B9SgYc%2FBaEBUeDLYbkDu4yukKUj4MqX%2FFQRWJKn7AdQMJlv8dRv7NHkMxYABlLeifXb1Y%2FRITokYLB3DThmiTkgJO2GbL7IZc%2FvKNOQkHd%2FHY8PKy6mtkKpyTPBM%2F2inBBM%2FhH0D9WH|tkp%3ABk9SR5KBiujpYg&LH_BIN=1&LH_ItemCondition=3

May God bless,

Dwight

 

Edited October 20, 2023 by Dwight

[Burkhardt]

11 hours ago, Arby said:

Sorry for being late to the party. I am a new member here, searching on techniques and saw this string. Recently I have been using transparency sheets to laser print (or ink jet) the pattern then apply via stylus.  It works similar to transfer film, with a caveat - the side with a slight roughness/opaque must be kept dry and not contact wet leather or it may leave a sort of glue like mess.  Print on the rough side, transfer with the smooth side to the leather.  When tracing onto the leather, a small amount of the printer ink may scrap off - so the templates are often a one-use.   I'm still looking for transparency sheets that are water proof.  This is the one that I have tried: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KS3VTQQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details. Select transparency setting for paper; if your printer does not have it, select for heavy paper.  By printing, it's faster and I avoid copying mistakes that may occur when using transfer film. The fine detailed lines of patterns, such as by Don Gonzales, come through nicely using this approach.

Wouldn't taping the sheet first take away any issues of transfer to the leather?