Stamp Making with Typography and Imagery

Overview

“Before you jump in, it's important to understand the technique. To do this, I will teach you the basics of carving and what you need to know about this technique to do your project. You will see how carving works, how to handle gouges correctly, the types of strokes, how stamping materials are used, and how the rubber is prepared for carving.”

In this video lesson Maria López addresses the topic: The basics of carving technique, which is part of the Domestika online course: Stamp Making with Typography and Imagery. Learn rubber-engraving techniques to create personalized stamps that combine letters and images.

Partial transcription of the video

“The basics of carving technique Welcome to this lesson. Since you know the materials that we will use in the course I want to show you the fundamentals of carving technique, how to handle gouges correctly, the different types of lines, how to prepare the rubber and how to use stamping materials. The first thing you should know about the carving technique is that it is a technique where the image is in high contrast, that is, where we have black and white, white being the color of the paper and black the color of the ink that we are going to use with our seal. In carving what we do is that w...”

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Course summary for: Stamp Making with Typography and Imagery

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (121)
• 7134 students
• 5 units
• 18 lessons (3h 25m)
• 10 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Illustration

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, Engraving, Fine Arts, Printing, Traditional illustration, Typography