I used my original twig doodle and isolated a small motif.
I used my Speedball starter kit to make a small 3" x 3" stamp. Its my first time carving a stamp so I started small!
I used it to stamp a repeat pattern across some white cotton. I used Setacolor fabric paint in green.
The paint wasn't very thick and left different prints. I applied the paint to the stamp with a brayer for all of them apart from the very bottom left hand print where I dipped the stamp in the paint... I quite liked this quicker, more rough and ready approach.
I had planned to add more colour to this design but instead I used a black pen and doodled directly onto the fabric. I then finished the lesson off by backing it with Timtex and creating a 6"x4" postcard.
I'm really pleased with the result and enjoyed carving the stamp. It's got me thing about doing a whole alphabet. I've always wanted a set of alphabet stampers but have never splashed the cash on one... maybe I could make my own.
oh dear... yet another project.
3 comments:
I love the way you doodled something different around each stamp - it looks great
I do like the combination of printing and drawing. And its interesting how a print of a small, almost random part of a doodle can make a significant design. The same thing happens with rotations. Have you tried those?
Thank you for the nice words on my blog!
very creative design ... an interesting figure & variations.
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