Since I have been trying out different things with acrylic, I wanted to see if I could make something that looked like stained glass with clear printed acrylic. The colors are printed on clear acrylic and sandwiched between black acrylic for the lines.
I am excited that the first test one came out as well as it did. I am thinking of so many ideas to use this technique with.
Cool effect and thank you for sharing the idea about simple color printing via sublimation. I thought those were some strange colors for acrylic! Since you mention trying thinner acrylic so that the end result isn’t as thick, have you tried cutting the black frame, mirroring the colors and cutting each area separately, then pressing the reverse-cut pieces into the black frame? Often that is enough of a friction fit to keep it together without breaking acrylic!
Very nice! I’ve used acrylic to do faux stained glass, but I used glass paints for it. It was a lot of work making the lines, even with using the black “liner” paint. I really like your method.
I was wondering the same about the thinner acrylic. I do have to be vigilant when sublimating acrylic. It needs to be transferred quickly from the heat press to cool under something heavy to help avoid warping.
I love working with alcohol inks–they can give results similar to fancy stained glass (the real stuff). Yes, I am a sucker for organized chaos especially if there’s color involved.
