Ocean State Libraries

Making your own stamps is astonishingly easy. And once you start, it will become an addiction that can't be stopped. Mixed-media artist Julie Fei-Fan Balzer shares myriad techniques for creating stamps with found objects, foam, and carving. Along the way she reveals tips on printing, layering, and planning your designs. It's a stamp-making adventure you won't soon forget!

This beautiful book provides a complete guide to printing with rubber stamps. Beginning with a foreword by the artist Rob Ryan and a short history of rubber stamping, it then explains the technical basics: how to cut your stamp, mask prints, make your own printing pads, clean your stamps (making more artwork as you do so!) and what equipment to use. At the heart of the book are forty inventive projects that will inspire readers to create their own...