In order to combine my past life as a graphic designer and my current passion of ceramics, I began to experiment with the decal process. I have long been fascinated by the various means of transferring images onto clay. After the basic shape is formed and bisque fired, I then use oxide washes and stains to create an weathered effect on the background. After this is dry, I dip the piece into high fire glazes, often playing with the thickness of the application. When the piece is fired to cone 6, I then apply the decals which I have created in adobe illustrator. The images are printed onto a water-slide decal paper. Once applied, it again is placed in the kiln at a low-fire temperature. This final firing allows for the high-fire glaze to flux just enough to adhere to the decal as the edges burn away and the images and tile become one. Although the images when created are done in black and white, the glaze only picks up the iron in the toner and thus produces a sepia effect.