stamps & drawings

I've always admired Geninne Zlatkis's amazing stamp carving skills. I've tried my hand at making a few over the last couple years, and I've learned that you definitely have to have a steady hand. One false move and you wreck your entire design! I've only made a few, and I like doing it - I find it relaxing.

I recently carved some hexagons and thought I'd experiment with drawing over them. This is what happened:

Based this gal off a model from an old Anthropologie catalogue.

A corgi, of course.

I think I prefer when the stamp doesn't interfere directly with the drawing. Anyway, I'm not overly pleased with how they turned out, but I was just experimenting. I think this idea could be more interesting if I spent more time on it.

Handmade Stamps

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.