print transfer the underground/carpets in Abhinavaguptas painting

Working on the underground/carpets in Abhinavaguptas painting I wanted one of those traditional carpets laid out and couldn’t imagine doing a good job painting the whole thing so thought of other ways to do it professional looking when I remembered doing decoupage and ink transfer might work.

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Originally uploaded by claudia dose.

I tried inkjet print and laster print.

1. inkjet print transfer didn’t quite work:
2. laser printer transfer was better, this one got rubbed too much and the print came off…

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Originally uploaded by claudia dose