TheFIX 014: Photo Transfers to Metal with Bonny Lhotka
In this episode:
Learn how to transfer your photographs to metal with photo artist Bonny Lhotka.
Highlights of this episode:
01:00 Bonny talks about the unique processes she's developed for transferring photo images to surfaces like glass, stone, metal, canvas, and fabric.
23:38 Photo Transfer Tutorial: Bonny walks through transferring a photograph to a metal plate using a clear film and her Wonder Sauce transfer medium.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Bonny Lhotka's website
- Dass Art website, where you can purchase the materials for transferring your own photos
- Digital Alchemy: Printmaking techniques for fine art, photography, and mixed media by Bonny Lhotka
- Hacking the Digital Print: Alternative image capture and printmaking processes by Bonny Lhotka
- The Last Layer: New methods in digital printing for photography, fine art, and mixed media by Bonny Lhotka
Bonny Lhotka images:
About our guest:
Bonny Lhotka is a mixed media innovator who has developed unique hand processes for printing photographs and digital artwork on a variety of media. She is a respected fine artist whose work hangs in many galleries, private collections, and museums, including the Smithsonian Museum. Bonny has written three recent books published by Peachpit Press that detail with step-by-step instructions many of the exciting printing processes she's pioneered, and she leads popular workshops out of her Boulder, Colorado studio where you can learn and practice alongside her. Her website showcases her art and news of her latest workshops and art shows.
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Where's Jan?
Jan just celebrated publication of her 40th lynda.com course. Photographers will love her latest courses:
Photo Tools Weekly – a weekly tutorial series exploring Photoshop, Lightroom, and other post-processing apps, and
Up and Running with Lightroom 6 and Lightroom CC – a streamlined approach to learning Lightroom.
Jan's latest book is The Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop for Photographers Classroom in a Book.
