How to transfer an image on leather

An outstanding technique but quite ignored for few people and in this guide we going to show you all the necessary means you are going to need for learning of how to transfer an image on leather..

Working with leather does not requires so much effort, but it needs practice, so now we going to explain some things about stamping on leather and how to do it.

Materiales

• Piece of leather without dye. ( scraps for practice)
• Picture or image laser printed
• Tape
• Universal thinner or acetone.
• Rag or softy blanket.
• Manual folding machine.
• Latex gloves.

Steps to transfer an image on leather

1. We put the piece of leather on a flat and plastic protected surface, letting it lie.
2. We take the image or a paper with a drawing printed, and we stick it to the piece of leather, adhering three of four corners with tape to keep it immobile.

• We apply the universal thinner or acetone, and we brush the image many times during a good while, with a softy blanket. The thinner is going to be applied while we are brushing to assure the image is going to be stamped over the leather.

• Help yourself with a manual folding machine or with any plastic card, for example to brush the impression repeatedly (do it over and over again). We stay applying the thinner and brushing with the rag, repeating this step in many opportunities. You can verify the image transference to the leather, raising the corner that you let without stick it.

• Once you has finished, you are going to notice that the image is darkened so you must let it dry and that is going to clear it, showing his colors and shape.

Conclusion

As you can observe, the transferring process of an image on leather , does not requires a lot of material and is quite simple. You just need some supplies which are so easy to acquire and little bit of patient during the brushing and thinner appliance process.

If you prefer, here you can watch a step-by-step video explaining how to transfer an image onto leather from the Canal Artesano: