I love using decals printed from my laser jet printer. You can do this using a special kind of water slide decal paper (check to make sure that your printer is compatible). I purchased mine through www.nmclay.com. They are awesome--they can even print some out for you if you don't have the right printer. I then printed out a beautiful design on the special paper, cut it out and applied the decal to my glazed ceramic piece. I then fired it. Firing temperature will vary depending on the type of glaze you used. (In this firing these turned out lovely but I had a set of white ones that turned out washed out and crackle glaze ones where the decals almost disappeared--I'm guessing because the glaze ran too much during firing). I do know, however, that all glazes are supposedly compatible with these. You'll just have to experiment with firing temps. The iron in the ink turns to a sienna finish on glaze after firing. You can use these decals for photographs or just cool designs. I just fired these connectors last night and I love how they turned out. I'm also happy with how the design looks on them. These would make really cool earrings or connectors for bracelets or necklaces. Hopefully they make you want to try out this fantastic medium. I'd love to see how you've used this type of decal.
Happy Creating!
--Kathy
