I bought some temporary tattoo paper actually designed for inkjet printers (see my fail post here). I still had to leave the prints out to dry overnight (the instructions said an hour, but I didn’t find that adequate), but the ink stayed where it was put. These temporary tattoos come with an adhesive sheet, which had a small learning curve, but not too bad. I tried one on my arm and … meh. Even though it is thin, it isn’t thin enough to mimic a real tattoo; it is more like a plastic bandage, wrinkles and all. Hm. I tried applying one to a glass sheet out of curiosity and tada! We have contact.

This is an intriguing use of material. The current limitation is that the surface needs to be water resistent. In order to remove the backing, it has to be dampened with water, which could potentially wreck havoc on paper items. Experiments continue.