Carbon paper was once the standard way to transfer a design onto a surface — useful, but messy, prone to smearing, and not always appropriate for the material being worked on. Imagetrace is a modern, reusable graphite alternative that solves all of those problems. A single A3 sheet can be used over and over again to transfer designs, sketches, patterns, and templates onto an exceptionally wide range of surfaces — cleanly, precisely, and without any of the mess or limitations of traditional carbon paper.
The principle is simple. Place Imagetrace graphite-side down between your design and the surface you are working on, trace over the design with a stylus, pencil, or pen, and the graphite lines transfer to the surface below. What makes Imagetrace genuinely useful — and genuinely different from carbon paper — is what happens to those lines once transferred. Being graphite, they can be erased cleanly like pencil marks, with no smearing or smudging. They can be sponged, washed, or brushed off fabric without setting, and a hot iron will not fix them permanently. They can be inked or painted over directly without skipping or bleeding, making them a perfect guide for any painted or drawn design. And on ceramics and pottery, traced lines disappear completely in the kiln firing — whether the piece is green, bisque fired, or glazed — leaving no trace of the transfer beneath the finished surface.
That last quality makes Imagetrace particularly valuable for ceramicists and pottery decorators, where a clean, residue-free transfer method that survives firing without affecting the finished piece is not easy to find. The graphite formulation is also kinder to the surface than wax or oil-based carbon papers, which can repel paint and cause skipping or bleeding in subsequent work.
The A3 format gives a generous working area and the sheet can be repositioned and reused repeatedly, making it a cost-effective and practical studio tool for artists, makers, and crafters working across a wide range of disciplines.
What surfaces can Imagetrace be used on? Paper, fabric, canvas, ceramics, glass, wood, and metal. The same sheet can be used across all of these surfaces repeatedly.
How do you use it? Place Imagetrace graphite-side down between your design and the surface you are working on. Trace over the design with a pencil, stylus, or pen — the graphite lines will transfer to the surface below. No special tools are required.
Can the transferred lines be removed? Yes. Because Imagetrace uses graphite, transferred lines can be erased cleanly like pencil marks without smearing or smudging. On fabric they can be sponged, washed, or brushed off, and a hot iron will not set them permanently. On ceramics and pottery, lines disappear completely during kiln firing.
Can you paint or ink over the transferred lines? Yes — graphite transferred lines can be inked or painted over directly without skipping or bleeding. This is a significant advantage over wax or oil-based carbon papers, which can repel water-based media.
Is it suitable for use on ceramics? Yes — and it is particularly well suited to ceramic and pottery decoration. Traced lines disappear completely in the kiln firing at any stage — green, bisque fired, or glazed — leaving no residue beneath the finished surface.
Is the sheet reusable? Yes. A single sheet of Imagetrace can be repositioned and reused many times, making it a very cost-effective transfer solution for regular studio use.
What size is it? A3 — providing a generous working area suitable for most design transfer applications.
