How to Print Your Photos Onto Wood

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Photographs printed onto wood are hangable, durable, and sustainable. The technique I use involves printing the image onto a special film, preparing a wood panel with custom gel medium, and then combining, leaving the wood grain in the light colored areas of the image showing through.

Here’s a step-by-step tutorial on how you can use this process yourself for beautiful wood prints.

Materials

Baltic birch panel at least the intended size of your photo (smaller is ok if you’re willing to crop) or bamboo or maple

Digital image to print

Gel transfer medium

Inkjet printer with pigment ink (there is a dye method, I haven’t used it)

Transfer transparencies

High quality paintbrush (so no hairs easily come out) or small foam paint roller

Brayer

Spoon

Very fine, sharp needle

150 or 220 grit sandpaper

Sanding block

91% isopropyl alcohol

Tack cloth

Krylon or similar UV overcoat (glossy or matte)

Scotch tape

Watch, clock or stopwatch (something that counts in seconds)

Goggles with good coverage for sanding/routing

A face mask for when using the alcohol mix.

Optional

Step 1: Mix your gel

I use DASS Supersauce. They make corresponding transfer films as well, but most are interchangeable with the exception of …

By: Jason Land

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