I tried my hand at creating my own stamps. I have a wood-cutting kit from college, and I picked up some white erasers and ink pads last night. I made a branch, a strawberry, and a bird. I think they're a little crude - but perhaps their unrefinement makes them more fine arts than commercial craft store? :) Well, as with most things, one gets better with more practice.
Those stamps look like they turned out great! I'd love to make my own, but I don't have the carving tools. Are they pretty expensive?
ReplyDeleteThanks, JLoo! :)
ReplyDeleteI don't remember how much my carving kit cost, but there is an equivalent linoleum cutter on Dickblick.com (http://www.dickblick.com/products/speedball-linoleum-cutters/). Looks like, at the most, it'd be around $20 with S&H? And I just bought some of those small, rectangle erasers from Michael's, which were about $1.50 each.
These are wonderful as is! It is the "imperfections" that make them interesting and beautiful. Perfect does not equal good art :D
ReplyDeleteThanks, Vivienne. :) You made a very good point - I never thought about it that way.
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