I began hand-carving stamps in my first surface design classes at the Southwest School of Art & Craft, and have always enjoyed how the act of translating an image from paper to block shows the unique mark of the carver's hand. Even if the source material is a found image and not an original drawing, the stamp is always one-of-a-kind.
I still make stamps for my own use, and now also teach Stamp Carving classes, and sell my originals. These are truly gifts that keep on giving! I love the idea of all the new things that will be created with my little art pieces:
...an eight-year-old makes a spaceship fly across a paper planet...
...an eighty-year-old decorates a special birthday card for a friend...
...a new mom takes a creative break to stamp a onesie for her babe....
what would you make with these stamps?
a fancy medallion stamp on the carving board...
I could claim that these were inspired by my son,
but I love robots, too!
This intricate tree stamp took several hours to carve, but somehow, the time flew past.
This process has a way of putting you right into the creative flow.
