April/May 2016 : Art students at Lake Worth High School, Lake Worth Florida, were introduced to state of the art DASSART™ photo transfer system by visiting artist, Christine Ellinghausen, as a combined grant project. Over 200 students shot digital media selfies which were then processed though Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop and printed on DASSART™ Premium transfer film. In rotating class segments of 45 minutes in several segments over a week , students learned the application process with test images and then applied their portraits on to caustic distressed 5x7 aluminum plates.

Student images were processed on a 24" HP Z 3200 archival pigment digital printer. The DASSART™ Premium film was roll fed. In Adobe Photoshop a grid template was created for the images .

Everyone learned that each step is important . Transfer film is pulled off ,"low and slow" at a diagonal so that the image will not be disrupted or damaged...

VIsiting artist, Christine and high school art teacher Jeniffer were excited to share this new photographic process with over 200 students. The WonderSauce™ DASSART™ process, invented by Bonny Lhotka, Boulder , Colorado, is safe for use in schools.

This grant was combined with 6x6 bisque tile illustrations . The goal was to allow students to see the relationship of several art processes , their digital images and a creative reimagining. The selfies allowed student to make an image and then expand it with a new processes, combining the sciences of photo transfers and ceramic under glazes with their personal expression. Their hands on envolment let students see and experience new ideas of how digital art can become real objects which can be appreciated . In an immediate world , with fleeting photo moments , the permanence of photos metal and hand illustrations on tile can remind students of the practical applications of making art .