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Love your stamp "Oh Boy"!! and Lazy bunny's Dragon - it's my year!!! Been waiting forever for the Year of the Dragon to come around again - the parade in San Francisco should be super special this year!!
lino = linoleum, as in the traditional way, or rubber is very good material.... I said wrong ink because I had a wrong result because the linoleum was too old so stiff and ink didn't grip on it. There are typographic inks a little bit sticky but perhaps carving normal rubber (such as eraser) you can use endorsing ink as well...
good luck! carving is very addictive but relaxing and full of satisfaction, do not use wrong inks or wrong lino and you will succeeed....(dont leave fingers in front of cutting tools while carving)
Thanks Stewart!
I love this group, everyone has been so nice and is full of rubber wisdom!
I do actually have some lino cutting tools in a shed somewhere, probably very rusty, but I'll sandpaper them clean, oil them and they should be good to go.
Now to look into the cutting-into stuff!
Hey Stewart, will we be seeing some of your stamps?? ;-)
Hey Vizma,
If you are looking to do more carving, you would be best to find lino carving tools (they so much nicer/easier to use than scalpels). Speedball is one company that makes them and they are usually reasonably priced. If you have an art supply store nearby you could find them there. Some hardware stores carry carving gauges for wood which also work well on rubber if the tools are sharp.There are lots of online places that sell them as well, though I don't know what's available to you in your part of the world.
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