I have been meaning to make this stamp for a long time, but was a little reluctant because I thought it might be too difficult. I decided to give it a go and am quite pleased with the result. I used a photograph and applied a filter in Photoshop which gave a line drawing…
I mentioned in this post that at the time I made it – this was the most difficult stamp I ever carved, but then I did this one! I wanted text to go with my little blackbird stamp. My usual method is to type the text on the typewriter (Silver-Reed Silverette) – enlarge it to…
This print has been almost 10 years in the making – if I look at it in terms of the original image used to make it. The original photograph was taken in 2006. It was languishing on my hard drive and partially written off because it was underexposed. It all started when my brother…
In this post I showed how I made a copper plate etching and mentioned that I had also made a rubber stamp print of the same image and text – well here it is. This was one of the most difficult stamps I had carved (until I carved one this weekend! More about that soon…
I originally made a Blackbird Rubber Stamp in 2010. It was the first stamp I ever made. It was carved in very soft rubber and is getting a bit ‘tired’ so I decided to redo it. I was a little apprehensive – it was very small – about 2cm wide – and I wasn’t sure…
I have wanted to do a bat image for some time now. I have always loved bats and finally got round to joining the Bat Conservation Trust in 2014. I did in an evening class in Cardiff Print Workshop in September 2015 so decided to make a copper plate etching of a bat. I wanted…
I’ve been thinking about making a Robin print for a long time and had a few requests for one. After a visit to the Eden Project in Cornwall I was inspired again to make one and more importantly finally got round to doing it. The first time I visited the Eden Project I thought the…
I’ve been making a new print. This one was in my head for a while. It was quite difficult to do, starting with an original drawing and trying to figure out how it will be cut and how I will print it. Here is the rubber stamp ready to be cut. And then finally cut…
I suppose I have posted in the wrong order. I have shown the completed book before the Work In Progress. I just wanted to a little of my stamping process. All the signatures for the book were done on my typwriter first. Lots of fun – typying 15 books by hand 🙂 I then did…
Here are some photos of latest book When I Am An Old Lady made for Book Art Object. All the text was done on my Typewriter – not easy – there were plenty of screechy bits! All images are hand stamped. The idea for this book came from things I said I was going to…