There are many considerations and steps to take before an image is transferred from a photo onto a ceramic tile. When you look at the original photos and compare them with the images that you see on the ceramic tiles, you’ll notice some differences.

Many a times taking a photograph is a challenging task especially when an object is situated among many others that are not of much interest for the purpose of transferring an image onto a ceramic tile.

For example, see the photo of the loom that I took at the Saint James Textile Museum. There were many looms surrounding this one, as well as people weaving or doing other things. Hence, the angle of the photo isn’t as straight as I would have liked.

The same thing is true of the wedding dress photo which I took at the Keillor House Museum. The mannequin wearing the dress had been placed in an area surrounded by pieces of furniture and other mannequins wearing period costumes.

I took the photos, but before using them, I needed to clean the images, straighten them, sharpen them,and increase the contrast. Many hours of work in Photoshop solved this problem.

Even at that some photos I couldn’t transfer properly. Look at the Mi’kmaq Porcupine quill box.It is a beautiful object. To get this image transferred with clean, crisplines, I drew with black ink drawing pen on each line of the porcupine quill.Otherwise, the lines would have been blurred and the details would have been lost.

It has been a continuous process of discovery, learning, and improving the process. And the journey continues.

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