1. Introduction

Welcome! You’re about to embark on a path of discovery, trial and error, mistakes, and serendipitous accidents. That’s the same path that has led me to create the processes in this book, processes that let you transfer images to virtually any surface while simply using your desktop printer, and processes that let you print directly onto a whole range of custom surfaces using that same printer. I’m an experimental artist and an alternative photographer; if someone tells me that I can’t do something, that it won’t work, or it’s crazy, then I’m likely to go try it. Along the way, I make mistakes, some to avoid and others that have become an integral part of my artwork. It is while journeying on this path that I’ve found I enjoy sharing these discoveries with other artists and photographers.