Transfer onto a clay flower pot

Happy Monday! I’m back with another transfer tutorial, and this one may be the easiest yet: putting an image onto a clay flower pot.

This is a seriously fast project – the hardest part will be finding your image. Besides your image, you’ll also need a clay flower pot, water, a foam brush, an old towel, & a brayer (not pictured.) Make sure to print the image in reverse and trim it to size. {I used this image and put together the numbers I needed}

First use the towel to act as a cradle for the flower pot and dry fit where you want the image to go on the pot.

Next, wet the image with the water & foam brush, letting it soak through the paper into the pot.

Use the brayer to roll over the image paper with pressure. Don’t try to break the pot, but do give it a lot of pressure so that the ink will seep into the clay pot from the wet paper.

After your whole image is transferred, set it aside to dry, and you’re done!

And now some notes: I know that not every printer will use ink that transfers like mine does. I use an HP printer, and the ink does transfer with pressure, but you will have to test yours to see. If you want to do a test patch, try the bottom of the flower pot so no one will see it :)

I wouldn’t suggest using it outside or for any use that requires water. I’m using mine in my studio to hold sheet music – but it would also look great holding utensils in the kitchen.

See ya next week with another project idea! In the mean time, I’d love to see you over on my blog at The Shabby Creek Cottage…