Custom Wedding Logo Rubber Stamp

This hand carved wedding logo rubber stamp 

was created for a customer

for her upcoming wedding this Summer.

What a joy to create something this detailed and fun

for this lovely couple to use in

so many different ways for their wedding!

 

  Here are two of the ways they are using 

the custom rubber stamp wedding logo. I have

also been told that it will be going on the front of 

CD case cover, the groom is a musician.

I am looking forward 

to seeing more pictures of how they used it.

How fun is that!!

Kokeshi Doll Rubber Stamps, Antique style

Set of 4 hand carved rubber stamp

antique style Kokeshi Dolls.

I had so much fun drawing these, let alone carving them. Being able to use them is 

something that I look forward to, but being able to hold these little rubber stamp carvings 

in my hand and study them after carving is

an added benefit. It seems to have been done by someone else once the stamp has been carved.

They each have a unique personality and 

represent different provinces

in Japan. It is so amazing how many

doll styles there are in Japans Kokeshi history !  

Here is a link that tells more about the history of Kokeshi's that a friend of mine in Singapore shared with me:

www.lasieexotique.com/mag_kokeshi/mag_kokeshi.html 

Apple Theme Post Card

Apple Theme Hand Carved Stamp Post Card.  

A swap in honor of the new Apple Stamp that the Post Office has just come out with for 2013. Hand carved

rubber stamp apple with the word, apple,

rustically carved for the background. 

Trying out different surfaces for carving is always interesting. For the apple background I used 

craft foam, very fun and easy to carve a 'rubber' stamp out of!  Also, very easy for children to create

stamps from.  

Hand Carved Mouse with Cheese

This is a post card carving I just completed for a swap that I am doing for the first time. Had 

this little Mouse idea in my head for some time

and wanted to see what he would 

look like, so here he is! Edged the card in blue because he has blue eyes, and he has been eating  Cheese, the crumb's under his whiskers are evidence of that!

Added a carving of cheese and his 

title, MOUSE

'

Would be interested in hearing what you

 think about him?

Athena and Rubber Stamp Chocolate Bunny, They Go Together, Right?

This rubber stamp carving is of the 

Greek Goddess Athena. Her classic Greek

features, and fancy hair and ornaments were

fun to carve into a rubber stamp.

I can see myself wanting to carve a wood

block of this someday.

This little 'chocolate' bunny just popped

into my head one day and begged me to carve it!

So, being a lover of folk art, that is the style

I chose for this little hand carved rubber stamp.

Plus Easter and bunnies are a favorite

thing around my household.

Please stop by my etsy shop and take a look

at my unique hand carved stamps. Maybe I could

even create a special one for you!

                                         http://www.etsy.com/shop/SparrowFootStamps

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!

 

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!