Carve, stamp, play: designing and creating custom stamps

Materials

How to Carve a Rubber Stamp

Step 1: Cut the Block to Size

Step 2: Put the Design on the Block

Transferring

Drawing

Improvisational Carving

Step 3: Mark the Design for Cutting

Step 4: Carve a Moat

Step 5: Carve Away the Excess Rubber

Step 6: Trim the Outline Out of the Stamp

Step 7: Test Print

Step 8: Clean Up

How to Print

Mounting

Inking

Printing

Workshops: Heart, Triangle Stripe, Chevron, Clip Art Butterfly, Bracket Frame, Alphabet, Script Word, Faux Woodcut, Welded Word, Photo Stamp

Designing Rubber Stamps

Introduction

Stamp Sets

Interlocking Stamps

Pattern Stamps

Projects: Fruit and flower apron, Holiday gift tags, Embroidered clutch, Chevron pendant, Origami gift boxes, Leather cuffs, Beaded wall hanging, Pop art canvas, Thank-you cards, Butterfly bookplate

Wrap-Up

Resources.