Stamp Stamp

Been making quite a few things with eraser stamps lately. It is basically the cheapest form of print-making possible, and so is suited for someone such as myself who has that pesky print bug but also no money.


Here are some robot buddies (I also put these on the back cover of my next zine) and here is how it's done:


You get an eraser, the very kind with which you get rid of your pencil mistakes, and then you take a craft knife and carve the thing, and then you use any average cheap inkpad to ink it up, and then you print with it. Could not be simpler. It's not the most durable medium, but you can still print it a whole lot of times before it gets fuzzy and corroded. And you are limited by the size of erasers you can buy. I really need some jumbo novelty erasers.

I'm also fairly sure all my efforts look goofy and childlike, but I sure have fun doing it and they're good for postcards and a few other things.

(By the way, I know I keep saying 'eraser' for these things, which is the American word rather then the English way of saying it which is 'rubber'. But since I lived in America I just can't go back to saying 'rubber' with a straight face. Y'all know what I'm saying.)


Here are some trainers. My friend saw this and was like "Oh, I like that one of a monkey. You know, a monkey kicking a tuning fork...oh it's a trainer. Never mind." That boy's mind is a wonder.

Here's my last Christmas card.

This mountain range here was actually done my my talented girlfriend. Isn't it awesome?! This is way better than my crappy attempts, I don't know why she doesn't do more art.

A couple of cityscapes, fairly obviously inspired by Portland, OR.

And some leaves. Leaves are fun to do.

(Sorry yet again for the crappy photos. I'll have access to a scanner soon.)