Rubber Stamp Carving of

Famous Black Baseball Player,

Jackie Robinson.

One of his well known

quotes:

'The most luxurious posession,

the richest treasure anybody has,

is his personal dignity.

~ Jackie Robinson~ 

1912-1972

Went to see the movie '42' and was so inspired

by his story, even though the movie was not entirely accurate 

or inclusive, that I wanted to capture him in a rubber stamp carving.

I hope you like my effort!

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?

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! 

  

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!