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Hand Carved Stamp Tutorial by Art Nest

Supplies
drawing paper
tracing paper
carving block
carving tools
pencil
inkpad

1.Draw your design with pencil on drawing paper. Make sure to keep your design simple! I am drawing a hand with a heart inside to represent my love of everything handmade!



2.Trace your design onto tracing paper using your pencil.


3.Lay your carving block in front of you and place your traced design right side down on block.

4.Transfer the design to the block by rubbing over design with your thumb nail.







5.Using your #2 tool, cut a deep groove around the entire design, being careful not to carve out the pencil lines.




6.Now, using your # 1 tool, carve out the negative space in your design (the part that will not pick up the ink) Don't over do the first pass at carving.



7.Rinse design under warm running water and blot dry with a paper towel. This will remove any carving dust.



8.Using your ink pad, press ink onto your design and stamp onto your drawing paper.





9.Evaluate the results and, if needed, continue carving. I want to make the heart smaller and thin the sides of the fingers.

10.Repeat step 7 – 9 until you are happy with result:



11. Using #6 tool, carve out entire design following the deep groove you created in step 5 BE CAREFUL, DO NOT CUT TOWARD YOUR FINGERS OR BODY





12. Your hand carved stamp is now complete and ready to use!