Transfer stare fotografije / Vintage Photo Transfer

Već mjesecima pratim rad dviju majstorica za transfer acetonom;

Jagode, sa bloga  Life Is Shabby 

 i Ike, sa bloga Moj hobi 2.

Gledam kako prenose isprintane slike 

na platno i na drvo.

I svaki im put fantastično ispadne!

Imala sam, i još imam, veliku želju napraviti taj transfer acetonom,

proučila sam njihove radove,

pročitala savjete

(do kojih možete doći klikom na njihovo ime gore).

For months now I follow the work of two master transfer acetone;

Jagoda at Life Is Shabby 
and Ika at My hobby 2 .

I'm looking to their printed images 

on canvas and wood.
And every time they turn out fantastic!
I had, and still have, a great desire to make the transfer of acetone,
I studied their works,
read tips
(which can be reached by clicking on their name above).

I krenula tako ja u novu avanturu;

odabrala  staru fotografiju iz albuma

(moje svekrve i svekra sa njihova vjenčanja iz 1957.

jer sam njima namjenila napraviti poklon za godišnjicu braka),

dala je fotokopirati laserski,

kupila aceton u ljekarni,

nabavila traku kojom ću osigurati sliku na platnu,

žlicu, 

tvrdu podlogu koja se mora staviti ispod platna,

sašila jastučnicu.
 

And so I embarked on a new adventure;

chose an old photo from an album
(my mother in law and father in law at their weddings in 1957.
because I specially intended to make a gift for their wedding anniversary),
copied the photo with xerox laser,
purchased acetone at pharmacy,
got the tape that will securea picture on canvas,
spoon, 
hard surface to be placed under canvas,
sewed pillowcase.

Zalijepila sam sliku trakom da se slučajno ne bi pomakla,

ispod platna stavila tvrdu podlogu,

nanosila aceton pomalo (jer brzo hlapi),

upirala žlicom energično da se slika prenese,

pjevala od sreće

kad sam otkrila mali dio da vidim kako je ispalo!

Ali...

Nije mi baš nešto ispalo :(

I stuck the picture with tape,

put a hard surface under canvas,
plied a little acetone (because it evaporates quickly)
point a spoon vigorously to transfer the image,
singing along while
I discovered a small part to see how it turned out!
But ...
It did not turned out so great : ( 

Na lijevoj strani možete vidjeti transfer;

ostale su bijele deblje pruge

koje odgovaraju acetonu koji sam nanosila obilato.

Na desnoj strani je laserski ispis,

na njemu se vide te iste pruge, ali u tamnoj boji.

Od čega? Kako? Zašto?

Dakle, neuspjeh!

Da nije bilo tih pruga, transfer bi bio izvrstan.

Slijedi drugi pokušaj...

On the left you can see the transfer;

and thick white stripes
corresponding to acetone which I plied profusely.
On the right side of the laser output,
you can see the same lines, but darker.
From what? How? Why?
Thus, failure!
Had it not been for these lines, the transfer would have been great.
The following is the second attempt ...

Opet sam dala isprintati fotografiju,

ovaj put na foto-papiru (što se pokazalo kao loš izbor)

jer sam mislila da papir nije bio dobar,

a znam da je print laserski.

Ponovila sam radnje,

papir je u kontaktu sa acetonom pocrvenio,

nastavila sam sa radom, 

a kad sam uklonila sliku

vidjela sam da je transfer lošiji nego prethodni

i još jedna stvar - doslovno se svaki potez žlicom vidi.

Sve izgleda išarano!

Neuspjeh br. 2 :(

Again I gave the photo to print,

this time on photo paper (which proved to be a bad choice)

because I thought that the paper was not good,

and I know that print was laser.

I repeated the action,

paper turned red in contact with acetone ,

I continued to work, 

and when I removed the picture

I saw that it was worse than the previous transfer

and one more thing - literally every move of the spoon you can see.

Everything looks mottled!

Failure no. 2: (

Što ću sad?

Nemam više isprintanih slika,

već je noć,

sutra ujutro poklon već mora otputovati,

naravno, ja sve radim u zadnji tren...

What do I do now?

No more printed image

it is the night time,

tomorrow morning gift must be on its way,

of course, I do everything at the last minute ...

A što ću drugo, 

nego izvaditi papir za transfer.

Nije mi to bilo u planu, ali, nema druge opcije.

And what else can I do, 

but use the iron-on paper transfer.
It was not the plan, but there is no other option.

Skenirala sam fotografiju,

isprintala na svom printeru koji nije laserski nego obični Jet printer,

prepeglala peglom,

sašila jastučnicu svjetlosnom brzinom...

I scanned the photo,

printed out on my printer, that is an ordinary jet printer,

iron it as recommended,

sewed pillowcase at the speed of light ...

Ovako je jastučnica ispala,

neloše, rekla bih.

Ali, to nije ono što sam zamislila, 

to nije transfer acetonom...

This is now the pillow turned out ,

not bad, I'd say.
But that's not what I expected, 
it is not a transfer acetone ...

Ponovno sam pročitala Ikine i Jagodine savjete

i shvatila sa aceton nisam nanosila kistom,

nego sam ga kapala iz bočice.

To bi mogao biti razlog mog neuspjeha,

barem što se prvog pokušaja tiče.

Kod drugog, ipak okrivljavam foto-papir.

I reread Ika's and Jagoda's advices and

I realized I did not plied acetone with  brush ,
but I had dripped it from the bottle.
This could be the reason for my failure,
at least as far as the first attempt.
In the second, however, I blame the photo paper.

Jastuk je otputovao svojim vlasnicima,

oni su oboje bili jako iznenađeni kad su ga dobili,

kažu da im se sviđa.

Pillow had traveled to their owners,

They were both very surprised when they get it,

they say that they like it a lot.

 

A ja brojim sate dok se kopiraonica ne otvori ujutro

pa da ponovno dam iskopirati sliku,

tako da mogu pokušati ponovno.

I ponovno.

I opet, dok ne naučim.

And I'm counting the hours until the copy shop opens in the morning

so that once again give old photo to be copied

so I can try again.

And again.

And again, until I learn.