The present invention provides
textile articles of commerce and their production via a method of providing a light-emitting, reflective, luminescent, holographic, semi-metallic, or metallic imaged or imageable media in a
cut sheet format of less than or equal to about 11 by 17 inches and having at least 2 permanent functional
layers and at least one transient removable layer, wherein the transient layer can be peeled off and removed prior to applying to a
textile, fabric or canvas
receptor element the remaining media portion having at least two permanent
layers, wherein the
receptor element has at least one surface with valleys or pores, or having at least one surface that is substantially smooth or textured that can be adhered to by the imaged or imageable media, and wherein the
receptor element may be a flexible, semi-rigid or rigid
textile, fabric, or
canvas element, and further wherein the at least two permanent
layers of the media comprised a metallic layer and an ink receptor layer, and wherein the ink receptor layer includes pores for receiving ink jet ink and the receptor layer comprises at least one ink-jet ink binding composition in an amount sufficient to chemically bind the ink within the ink receptive layer and survive at least twenty washes in a detergent and water solution normally used to launder fabrics, and the top surface of the permanent media may optionally comprise a
thermoplastic coating that can be melted in order to seal the ink receiving pores.