This morning I discovered a pile of photos in the directory I keep pics for this blog in that hadn’t been resized and tweaked. I had a closer look and realised that I thought I’d posted something I actually hadn’t got around to before going interstate – the last batch of stamps and wrapping paper I’d made. There are quite a few pics, so I’ll start with the stamps.

Visits to Bunnings are always perilous, but going soon after a whole lot of printing had me seeing everything as potential stamp material. Like these self-adhesive anti-skid pads:

I’d seen a tutorial somewhere in which the artist stuck dots onto a rolling pin. I didn’t want to sacrifice our rolling pin and I’m always looking for ways to recycle things, and it turned out we had just the thing:

Used silicone and caulk applicator tubes. They come with their own handle, too:

One even provided this cone of solidified silicone, which may also become a stamp in the future:

These ones were self-aligning.

I got Paul to cut up some clear perspex supports got these, so each print can be matched to the last easily:

I also found these clear plastic sauce trays in a discount shop to use as stamp supports in future:

And dug out a woodgrain scraper tool I’ve had since I was a teenager:

My next printing session was definitely more on the experimental side. I’ll post the pics next.