Eraser Carving Stamp Workshop

I was having a workshop last couple of weeks, and it's my first time teaching workshop out of town and it's very exciting. The workshop was held on a Handmade Movement event in Jakarta, actually I forgot my carving tools but fortunately I have enough cutters for the students to use, fiuuh. There's bloody scene too because some of my students accidentally cuts them self , (note to my self to bring band aids on workshops).

Handmade Stamp Workshop #1

Yippie!! My first workshop!! For this first workshop. I teach handmade stamps, some of my students cancelled on the last minute but it's okay. It's still fun.




I have a young student, only 4,5 years old! I didn't give her carving tools, knife and eraser. Instead I gave her styrofoam from take out box and a pencil, so she could still make her own stamp.

[caption id="attachment_727" align="aligncenter" width="690"] testing the participants stamp
PS. that's me behind her, made a head start on lunch hahaha hungry teacher[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="650"] scribbling the styrofoam[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_724" align="aligncenter" width="488"] the print on T-shirt with her scribble stamp[/caption]



 



The place that I held the workshop is a coffee shop, Sellie Coffee located in Prawirotaman II Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Selling range of different coffee from all over Nusantara plus the food is great. And they gave me free snacks and drinks for this workshop, LOVE!

 

Hope this workshop could gathered monthly, if you happens to be around Yogyakarta dont forget to check us out.

Eraser Stamp Carving

Yay! finally I made my first eraser stamp, it’s so popular these days. Unfortunately in my country there’s not much tools available specially made for rubber/eraser carving. There’s no carving block nor the carving tools, well.. we have carving tools but there’s no size 1 for detail like the speedball or staedler has.

Luckily my friend gave me this vintage carving tool that has small size although it’s not size one, and I think it’s intended for a different media like wood. But there’s a say here in my country “tak ada rotan, akar pun jadi” literally means “there’s no rattan, then root it is” which meaaans we could use everything available that we have to make it happen.. So I make it happens.

Here’s some of the stamps that I made

I'm addicted now, and purchased online for a carving block so I could make a bigger design. I learned many things these past few days and I will share it on my blog.. So stay tune