I love carving stamps! It's so easy and immediate and most importantly, original. You can see how cool it looks repeated in a kind of banner.
I taught our LavenderSage Art Retreat students to find an abstract design for their print blocks, you can see my process above.
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| printed on gelli printed cloth ~ by Jane LaFazio |
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| printed on gelli printed watercolor paper ~ by Jane LaFazio |
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| Here's a close up of my straight-to-ink drawing of the Ranchos Church in Taos ~ by Jane LaFazio |
And here's another print block, inspired by my watercolor of some Taos berries.
Lovely, Jane, as always. I just have to tell you about a book I think you would love. It's called Pattern Design by Lewis F Day... An oldie but there is no better book for describing how to format hand done repeats. It's a delight cover to cover and downright cheap as a Dover paperback. If you get it, let me know how you like it. It's one of my favorites, and just right for block prints like this, opening the creative floodgates!
ReplyDeletegreat carvings! do you use the grey speedball material?
ReplyDeleteI haven't used the grey surface material yet. I just use the white. thanks!
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