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| Modern Sunflower by Velásquez©2012 |
A happy design accident happened as I carved a floral stamp with my favorite five petal motif. I wanted a permanent stamp of the flower found on my marketing pieces.
As I carved and then cut away the edges, the grooves on the stamp intrigued me.
I thought they would make a cool design. I took my ink and paints out and decided to see what I could make with the off cuts. I was pleasantly surprised.
I created the Modern Sunflower pictured above.
Now when I carve I plan to file the off cuts for future design fun as opposed to throwing them away.
Some of the grooves I found intriguing.
More mark making with off cuts. This is quite a sweet little flower, don't you think?
Made from scraps! Love that.
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I think it is very sweet! I love the thin, sketchy green lines. I want to try making a stamp, but only have old potatoes around here..Hmmm.. Email coming your way soon. (Sorry for my tardiness:) Julie
ReplyDeleteSuper cool!
ReplyDeleteVery nice - I would also love to see the design(s) you make with the original block!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! Love the end result.
ReplyDeleteDeborah - You inspired me to start playing with carving stamps about a month ago. I too, am using every little scrap and even saving the shavings because I think they might come in handy in the future for some type of texture on my acrylic paintings. I'm just a baby in all of my art, so thank you for sharing your process. There is such a fresh, open, giving spirit to your blog. I am grateful to learn from you.
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