So the Gel Medium process turned out to be a lot more challenging than I thought. Because I changed my idea when everyone else seemed to be finishing, there was very very little gel medium left. I had tried to buy some but the only shops I could get to that stock it were conveniently sold out at the time. Di gave me a jar of hers with a small amount of medium. Which was great! however, there was not enough to do the four transfers to lamps that I had planned to do. I did three, but because I was being careful to not use up all the medium on one image, they are all very very thin! This may be why I had so much trouble brushing all the paper off the back. Everytime I thought I had got it all. I dried the image and realized that there was still quite a bit of paper left! As they were thin, they did tear and distort. I didn't let that worry me as Di had said not to worry if it happens also, I kind of like the tears around the edges and random holes. Because there is still paper on the back, they are probably not as intense as they could be. Although I think this look suits the lamps.
The images I ended up using were photos I had recently taken of blossoms. I have always loved seeing blossoming trees at the end of a long winter and they're a sign that spring is finally coming. I also think they're very beautiful so decided to transfer some of these photos onto a lamp. When I found out the gel mediums could be presented on nearly any surface we wanted, I knew I wanted to use an everyday household object and customise it with my gel mediums. This lamp just seemed perfect, so I got a few more quite cheap from Ikea. Although the most energy efficient and what seemed to be the weakest globes turned out to be lot brighter than expected.
Despite all my problems with it, I really enjoyed working with the gel medium transfer technique and will definitely be experimenting with it further in the future! I am determined to get it right and see what other objects I can transform with gel medium transfers.
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