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Ceramic Transfer Printing

Drawing on his primary research of the Wedgwood Museum and Potteries, Petrie traces the history of ceramic transfer printing. In this book, Petrie offers a focused analysis of the potential of ceramic transfer printing as a creative medium. A ceramic transfer allows pictures, patterns or text to be transferred onto ceramic forms - 2D and 3D. This added layer of meaning might have artistic or commercial ends. Importantly, print can achieve distinct aesthetic effects on ceramics that are not possible by using other methods. Petrie’s research into the specific materials and techniques for making versatile reduced solvent screen-printed ceramic transfers are explained so as to increase potential in studio rather than industrial environments. Other approaches by artist researchers (UK, Netherlands, USA, Canada, Germany) are also brought together for the first time and recent developments with digital transfers appraised. A range of case studies of artists/researcher shows the potential and diversity of approach in this area, which extends beyond ceramics to include enamel on metal and glass. During preparation the publishers increased the scale, in terms of size and length, of the book and launched it through a new series, `The New Ceramics’. Subsequently, the American Ceramic Society, Ohio, accepted the book for simultaneous publication in the UK and USA. Since publication the book has sold c2000 copies. Aspects of the book have been published in an article for ‘Ceramic Review – The International Magazine of Ceramic Art and Craft’ and the Korean journal ‘Monthly Ceramic Art’. Petrie has also presented aspects of the research though a masterclass and keynote presentation as part of the ‘Print and Clay’ symposium at Australia National University (7-8 Sept 2013) and peer reviewed paper – ‘Printmaking for Ceramics and Glass Intersections & Counterpoints’ for IMPACT7 Multidisciplinary Printmaking Conference Monash University, Australia (27-30 Sept 2011).