Flower 'Ua' Plaster Carving

 

Here is the image I was mentioning in the post of 

the rubber stamp Plaster of Paris Box carving.

You can see that the image didn't print very clearly.

The texture is nice though. I took a cookie cutter and

filled it with plaster. Let it dry and then etched 

into the top of it. I then coated it with 

acrylic paint, using my finger, and printed

 onto Mulberry paper. The word 'Ua' is 

Swahili for 'Flower'. We currently have a 

student from Tanzania staying with us and

that is why I used that language. It is a very pretty

pretty language to hear spoken! 

  

Tiny, Plaster of Paris Box Carving!

 

This is a very tiny (1" by 1 2/3")rubber stamp

carving of a box of Plaster of Paris.

I did and experiment with plaster

and carving into it, didn't really like

the way the experiment turned out. But I got to looking at the box and thought hmmm, that might be an interesting rubber stamp carving!

Certainly isn't perfect but it is fun. 

Three New Carvings To Share

 This is an antique rail road lantern

that a customer wanted carved into a rubber stamp. 

I am always interested in carving something

new and different and I really like this image.

I like the holes at the top of the 

lantern, and all of the 

wire work is interesting. They also wanted 

initials carved into the glass globe.

 

Here is a hand carved rubber stamp of some 

Japanese Kanji.

I believe they say Good Luck, Prosperity and 

Long Life

 

These three 'Mid Century' cats were so much 

fun to carve into rubber stamps. I am a huge cat (dog's, too!) fan. 

But something about the 1950's and 1960's style just seems

to have a pull on me. The walking cat is after a silver 

pin that a dear cousin gave me when I was quite young. 

I must have liked it, even then,because 

I have saved it for many years!

 

Black Bird Rubber Stamp

 

Here is a hand carved rubber stamp I made a few weeks 

ago for a publication called Gothic Blackbird.

 

I thought it would be interesting to show the 

rubber stamp carving printed on two different 

background colors.

It gives a different feel to the carving

depending on what color paper you stamp on.

 

I love birds, and would most likely carve

them all day if I could!

We recently put a Hummingbird feeder

outside of our kitchen sink window. What a 

fantastic show we have had all Summer long!

We could see all kinds of battles and

aerial dog fights whilst doing our dishes!

Talk about free entertainment :)

 

Another interesting thing that I had never had the 

opportunity to see before, was their little tongue

going in and out after sipping. Just like 

they were licking their 'lips' !

However, for rubber stamp carving I will stick to the

less delicate bird families! 

Unless, of course, someone can convince me otherwise! 

Here is an image that I never thought

of carving into a rubber stamp until someone requested it for

a logo. In my shop on etsy, Sparrow Foot Stamps, I have

many different hand carved rubber stamps, and 

I also offer custom logo designs, like the example above!

It is like an adventure when someone asks me

to design something for them. It gives me a thrill that I can't describe.

It is often something that I have never thought of carving into a 

rubber stamp before. So it can be a challenge to 

design something, but it is a good challenge and

I love the process of it all. From the original drawing

to the hand carving of the stamp, and the printing of it!

I enjoy making something that can be so

usable and still very artistic!

Rubber stamp carvings are so individual, just

 like the people that I carve them for!