The Otsuka Museum of Art

Last Supper Gallery

The Otsuka Art Museum has displayed, side-by-side, re-creations of the painting before restoration and of the painting after restoration.

The Otsuka Museum of Art

• Western masterpieces have been permanently glazed onto 1,000 ceramic tiles which are exhibited in underground exhibition rooms.

• Built at a cost of some US$800 million to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of Otsuka Chemical group, the museum is the first of its kind to exhibit full-size exact reproductions of famous artworks from 170 museums by baking photographic images onto huge ceramic sheets.

• The Otsuka Chemical Group decided to do this as the originals can be easily damaged by environmental conditions, earthquakes or fire, and they saw this as the ceramic reproductions of an effective means of preserving the cultural heritage.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7QK7b4RCxg• http://www.o-museum.or.jp/english/index.html

If we only had this printer…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CUyd8YUUuc

Laser Toner Transfer

• To WET clay using unfused, iron-oxide bearing photocopier toner:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COxDZnS20rY

• To FIRED, GLAZED ware using CopyCal or Lazertran with certain iron-oxide bearing laser printer tonershttp://lindaarbuckle.com/handouts/laserprinted_decals.pdf

Unfired decal

applied to cone 10

celadon

Same fired to cone 02

Same fired to cone 2

Copy Cal Decals

• For application to fired, glazed ceramic ware. OR GLASS! (They have different versions of the product.)

• Print using color laser printer (NOT INKJET) or color photocopier

• Does not get fired on, just baked in your oven at home.

• Image will be susceptible to fading and abrasion

Copy Cal Decals

• Example of Copy Cal that’s been washed a lot

• Order from Maryland China: http://www.marylandchina.com/apps/product?id=1980 (Ceramic)http://www.marylandchina.com/apps/product?id=2278 (Glass)

Lazertran Decals• Example of Copy

Cal that’s been washed a lot

• Order from Maryland China: http://www.marylandchina.com/apps/product?id=1980 (Ceramic)http://www.marylandchina.com/apps/product?id=2278 (Glass)

• Apply to anynonporous surface

• Print using INKJET printer (NOT laser) or bw photocopier

• Does not get cooked.• Image will be

susceptible to fading and abrasion

• Buy at Blick or similar: http://www.dickblick.com/products/lazertran-transfer-paper/

Custom IN-GLAZE Decals: Application Coat decal area with

glaze FIRST. Apply decal to wet glaze puddle.

Smooth out surface; work any air bubbles to the edge but make sure a layer of glaze

stays put underneath.