Materials to make a Hand Carved Stamp - Part 1
Carving rubber stamps has been a lot of fun over the years but not as much as it has been this past month where I have carved every single day. Carving has been relaxing and challenging all at the same time. I feel as if I have stretched my creativity by exploring different materials and types of stamps. Someone asked how many stamps I created during Carve December and to be honest I am not exactly sure. At least 31! I know there were some days when I carved two, or four or maybe five stamps, so I'm sure it is closer to 40. I will have to go through and count them all. I have plenty more stamps to post still. Another question I have been asked several times is "what are you using to make your stamps." I thought I would cover this question in two posts. This post will cover the basic materials and the second post will cover the types of rubber I used. So first of all, the two things which have helped me most to create my own stamps wer...