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Donna Westfall
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Donna Concha
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Jeanne Rhea
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Elaine Jackson

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Jeanne's TLS Tips 

I have also found that the shrinkage varies greatly if any TLS has been used in the clay or by itself.  I am making a church that has different windows depicting different religions and I used a design under a piece of glass to follow along to make the TLS windows. 
 The first one was still perfect when sat on the pattern straight out of the oven when still stuck to the glass. Had already built my walls so I wanted them just slightly smaller than opening.  I used my blade to lift one end to release from the glass while still warm.  Sat aside to cool. When I came back and put in opening it was over 1/4" all the way around smaller than when hot and still stuck to the glass.  I made others and when left to cool on the glass they did not shrink as much--but still had slight shrinkage.

 These are fairly large and I have noticed the larger your piece the more shrinkage you will have. I am unable to determine from my work if the Sulpey Diluent makes any 
difference.  When making these windows, I use a lot of diluent. 

 Pieces are 14"X20". Here are the pictures if  you want to see...  Light comes through the windows nicely.

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Also made a mural with applique, mosaic, TLS, and relief sculpting 
techniques all combined.  The TLS areas shrank more.  When laid back 
on the pattern instead of a perfectly arched top, it was up and 
down. 

Jeanne

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Valerie Moore

Stained Glass Sailboat
Tyra Smith
Cloud 9
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Kris Richards
Polyform

Simple Leaf Ornaments
Leigh Ross
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Lazertran and Polymer Clay
Terry Lee Czechowski
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Dotty's Lazertran Tips

 I've been experimenting with Lazertran since the last HIA and have found that I like both the silk and the regular but for different reasons.  The Silk Lazertran was developed for use on silk as it keeps the material  soft and wearable. It's used on raw clay and the method of transfer is the same as that used for the T-shirt transfer paper, or images printed on regular paper using a laser printer. It works well and seems to finish smoother than the T-shirt transfer paper and much brighter than the regular laser printer transfers.
     The regular Lazertran is a type of decal and needs to be used on already baked clay.  If it's put onto raw clay it becomes sticky.  If  you put it onto the raw clay and let it sit for awhile, the transfer actually melts into the clay.  If you bake it then, it's still sticky after baking. If you put it on and bake it immediately, it's less sticky but still not good.  When you put it onto baked clay it works really well.
 There are several ways to use it.  You can simply drop the transfer into water, wait a minute, remove it and begin to slide the decal off the baking paper onto the clay.  OR, you can coat the baked clay with future and place the decal over that, which helps to make it adhere a little better.  OR, you can coat the clay with turpentine, place the decal over it, and then coat the top of the decal with turpentine.  The turp doesn't seem to hurt the clay, but it does melt the decal into the surface.  The only negative about the regular Lazertran is that it tends to wrinkle as it's extremely thin.  You have  to be very careful when applying it.
  Used by itself, or with the future, it's possible to smooth and straighten it.  With the turpentine it's almost impossible to smooth or move it as it begins to melt immediately.

I hope this helps.

Dotty in CA
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Rubber Stamping and Molds

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