Rubber Stamps

"This mouth is mine!" And it´s shouting FREEDOM!!!! ....

I made this stamps from fragments of some images I made this year. The original work has been stolen during an exhibition in my city. But now they are traveling by e-mail and Mail Art... Trying to make something interesting after that bad experience!!!

Thank you Angie!!!

Oh, I love that rabbit Marie!  Would you consider sending me some rabbit stamps for my year of the rabbit extravaganza?  I could send you some of mine in return.

 

This is my 2nd celebration of the golden rabbit year - the first was when I was born almost 60 years ago!  So, I'm asking everyone who is doing rabbit stuff to send me something so I can drown in the glow.  :D  The image I'm using as my profile pic is detail from my first rabbit stamp for the year - there will be many more... also, I've made lots of rabbit stamps in the past and have those to trade also.  

Yeah, it's the tools which make the most difference on softcut like speedball pink, Jen. That stuff actually holds fine-line cuts well but you need the right tools to make them on that stuff. An x-acto knife is good and so are scalpels (though very dangerous if you aren't used to them) - love dental picks also but most people don't have those. x-acto blades are just fine. :D The main thing is not to use them like you're holding a pen or pencil, but like you're holding a sumi-e brush or a rapidograph pen, straight up and down. That way you can make precise cuts with amazing control.

Camel, I have yet to use any electric tools for carving - lots of people seem to do it but I like the zen-like meditational aspect of carving a lot. Still, I should try it sometime - would be easier on my hands and wrists I'm guessing...? I have some repetitive use injuries to deal with (though not carpal tunnel syndrome, thankfully!).

dental picks are readily available at ace hardware...

 

I am not good at carving - i beleive that you are as good as your tools & my hands aint that good

Thanks Carla, I'll send you one!

Thanks Marie!  :D  LOL, Camel, is that right?  How cool they are so easy to get now.  Yes, the technique can be more important than the tools but ideas are even more important than skill. ;)

a new rubberstamp entered the collection of the TAM Rubberstamp Archive. Soon I will start to use it. Also some new PR and sheets are printed for the archive. Will be outgoing soon......

Ruud, Is there any image you have always wished you had on a stamp but have never seen yet?  Just curious!

@Carla : When you have an image you like nowadays you can just digitize it and order a rubber stamp out of it. So actually all you want is possible nowadays. But you need the digital skills, access to the digital store, and lots of money because these stamps are quite expensive. That last one is surely a problem for just ordering anything you wish.

 

There is also the overload of rubberstamps. I have so many. I do know that some very talented artists have the combination of being creative and skilled to make their own handcarved stamps that are so real. Now that is something to admire.

True, very true. But, being one who carves, I had a bit of a secret motive in asking! ;)

@carla : what was that secret motive? Still secret? Or just send it by e-mail.

I was thinking of carving something for you as a thank you for all you've done for us in IUOMA, here and elsewhere, over the years. ;)

I did one for Ryosuke Cohen one year and it was fun.

Here are a few alternative for mounting rubber stamps.

The rubber mallet has a rubber mallet stamp on one side and a head of cabbage on the other. It is a fun stamp to use.

There is a champagne cork.
The happy face is on a glass decanter topper.
The pieces of wood are both just straight as well as carefully cut out ones using a jigsaw. I have lots of these.

The shopping cart, screw and 2 ladies facing each other on on clear plastic. It makes it easy to see through for positioning of the images. They are part of a collection given to me by E. Z. Smith

The black oval is a car part from a 1960's Mustang. It is a rubber plug used to cover the openings under the car to get access to the bolts holding down the seats.

Love seeing these OB!  I have also used a lot of unexpected mountings.  You make me want to document them also! ;)  Love the mallet mounting!  Not only fun to use but cathartic I would imagine! ;)

I once sent some unmounted stamps to a friend and they had no clue on how to use them. They went to a craft store and purchased new rubber stamps just for the handles. They removed the store bought images and then glued the unmounted one on. Later when they were visiting me and saw my collection of rubber stamps they were surprised by the wide range of 'handles' I have. They thought that rubber stamps had to have a certain type of handle.

It's funny how that kind of thing works - one gets a fixed idea about something, and it's hard to get  your head free of it.  I've always been experimental but sometimes even I get trapped in that scenario!  We humans, eh?  ;)

Some carvings of mine... greetings from Italy...L.&B.

Lancillotto, that is an amazing collection of carvings. I like the way hey are displayed. makes them easy to see and use.

Oh Boy, I carved over 200 portraits through the years and also many "words" you can see below  the photo (right) ...

It's cool to see so many of your stamps in one place, together - nicely stored for easy usage but also a great art wall.  Love your carvings Lancillotto!  Always do.

@carla I would be honored..... I like IUOMA logo's I am still looking for a new and creative logo....

Some of my stamps in a big cabinet of drawers that Hazel gave me for Xmas a few years back,

I had to join this group (my first at IUOMA) after seeing the picture of Lancillotto Bellini's stamps - a wonder! I have hundreds of commercial stamps but want to learn to carve my own - thanks for the inspiration Lancillotto!

Carving one's own is a wonderful thing which tends to expand your artist self in all kinds of directions, especially over time. I highly recommend it to everyone. People are usually surprised what they can do with carving.

Cool Ruud... I'll put my mind and hands to it. ;)

Two eraser carved stamps designed and made by Litsa Spathi. Gift to the TAM-Rubberstamp Archive in 1998.

Those are wonderful!  Nice work, Litsa.  Tam is a lucky rubberstamp archive. ;)

EGG CUTTER

carla, I don't understand why my first attempt to an art technique is good, the following approaches are not so nice...and so on...Here my first rubber stamp, but fear of going further and essay.......(I throwed away some awful following ones) I have "something to say" through rubber sheets ...

here below the "egg cutter"....

I like the raw impression a rubberstamp like this can give. So, yes, like this sample!

It's a great image, Linda - sometimes it's hard to relax after something coming out so well the first time.  Give it some time and you'll get something you like again.  This is a great stamp!

Hahaha!  I know that picture... I was around then (here in the bay area - not in the bathroom when she took that rubber bath! lol).  I love that book.

 

I am saddened that a library would get rid of it!  There's nothing else like it.  But, I'm glad you found it on Amazon.  Cool!

In Italy most of public libraries are not preservation libraries, so discard old book (because they have no room for all) and keep the "just published" even the silly ones... . But there are "subversive" librarians thak take care of interesting old books, too. I am fond of all books with smell of  previous lives, as well as found objects, of course.....

That reminds me of a movie Farenheit 451 where people had to memorize their book to keep it alive. Personally I don't like these KINDLE things.I need a paper thing (preferrably hard back) to hold and feel.

Hi -- I became curious about the book "The Rubber Stamp Album" after reading the comments here...so I looked it up on line to see if my County Library had it. It does! This book was written in 1954!! I requested it and will pick it up when it is shipped to my local branch library. Shall I steal it so no one sells it to Amazon?? Just kidding ;-)  can't wait to see this book! Thanks for posting -- My rubber stamps would fill more than a bathtub... maybe a VW bug ! Lindy

made a bag of rubber stamps:)

So cool!  :D  

 

我喜歡這些！

At first sight I thought that the original rubber stamps were fixed to the bag.... just for keeping rubber stamps handy .....Tipycal of lazy bunnies... :-D

haha~ i want to make the bag full of my rubber stamp, but it just a start:)

安和，谢谢你~

Love your stamps Lazy Bunny --- you don't look lazy to me! Where did you learn to carve ?

i learned by myself, when i saw a rubber stamp on the old book last year i think it was really amazing, then i get one knife and started, in ancient China we all have a personal stamp that with our name on it, so i think the techniques is not a problem:) just use the imagination to carve， haha but of course my first isnt looks that good but i kind like it:D

LOL I have several of those name stamps but the ones I like best are the ones I carved myself.  The ink in those name stamps is really messy and bright red!  Hard to get out of clothing! ;)

Creating unique things is always fun!

che bello! this week end it will be impossible to not confiscate and carve all the rubber around ! :-D