Friday, March 4, 2011

MAKING STAMPS BY HAND


Got the stuff

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Sketched some ideas...
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Carving the stamp. Just sorta went for it!
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Prototype stamp for the shop. Had to remember to carve the letters in reverse
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Practicing...
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*Sorry for the hazy yellow cast on everything. I took the pictures at night by lamplight.

: )

1 comment:

Karin Newstrom said...

LOVE it!

Jeff has dabbled in Japanese woodblock printing, so this looks a little familiar. :)

PS- If you want to remove the yellow color casts in the future, just slide the white balance slider toward blue until it looks neutral in whatever editing software you use. Done!