Tag: Print Making

you have me in stitches

Hand carved rubber stamp for Carve It Up! challenge. Original drawing, done on PZ Kut carving block with Speedball lino gouge and Testor knife. 🙂

Julie B. Booth Shell Design

This design is based on sketches I made of a broken moon snail shell. I took one of my sketches, simplified it for a more graphic look and then rotated it a quarter turn. I decided to add a small snail shell design to the center of the block for interest. I've used this block…

Simply Floral

My very first attempt at making a stamp. I drew my own simple design onto Speedball Speedy-Cut and used assorted lino cut blades to carve it up. I used diluted acrylic paints for this stamping but won't do that again as it didn't work too well; I will buy ink pads for future stamps. I…

Cat in front of Glass Bottles

I drew this little kitty with some beautiful glass bottles behind him.  i transfered it to soft cut linoleum and carved it out using linoleum carving tools.  I printed using a variety of colors of Speedball ink on Rives BFK paper.

Mad Crafty Sewing Machine!

After I drew and transfered this, I used Hankeshikun, a Japanese Eraser Block for Rubber Stamp Carving with traditional linoleum carving tools.  I inked this using Speedball ink onto Rives BFK paper.

Skull Block Print

Go There Now This skull print is made from a carved lino block, printed using multiple colors and both speedball & india ink.  Go There Now

Two inks on one stamp in duplicate

Both a green ink pad and a red ink pad were used to pat the stamp before making the leaf impression on bristol board.  The color result is muted and visually interesting.  Four prints were mounted on parakeet mono paper which was mounted on a card made of brown craft paper.  The carving medium is…