Making a stamp out of scrap clay TUTORIAL
On the same idea as Mitsy at ArtMind's stamp tutorial: I have a tutorial for making a stamp out of scrap clay!
1. Roll your scraps into a ball, be sure to wedge it and keep it moist.
2. Flatten out your stamp so the sides are level.
3. Take your drawing and set it on top of the stamp. Trace over your lines with a sharp needle tool through the paper.
4. Here is the stamp with my picture traced into it.
5. Using your lines as guides, make the 'inside' and 'outside' of the lines so they are thick like the drawing.
6. Spend some nice relaxing time listening to music and carving the inside and outside of your stamp. Smooth it out as you go. Try to not breathe in any dust - keep your room well ventilated.
7. Here's my trial run of wet porcelain stamping! Not bad! I will let it dry then bisque fire it. I had to carefully push up one of my kitties legs so it was level, so double check before it dries that the stamping face is actually level.
