when i do something new-ish, it can almost be assumed that i have a project i need to begin the physical work on but am at that point where i need to push through to begin... it's that moment when you are half excited/half terrified...
so naturally, i do something completely unrelated...
like make my first stamp -
the flags for peace project has a natural deadline of sept. 21st - international peace day... i had wanted to be able to carve stamps to apply the paint/ink to the material... and i just got the supplies in this morning...
i wanted my first stamp to be a lotus and i found this image in my book by robert beer...
it had been suggested that i practice on erasers (though i am wondering if i got the right kind, i know i got the right tools... they didn't go through 'like butter'... so i am either holding the cutting edge incorrectly, or i got the wrong eraser!) thank you, barbara, for giving me a list of the supplies i needed...
as i sat carving - which i rather liked - my daughter came in from a photography workshop she worked at the grounds for sculpture,
and she handed me this -
a real lotus petal... i hadn't asked for it, nor did she know what i was doing as she had left before the delivery arrived!
i am really happy with it - i wanted a rough woodcut type effect... i know there is practice to be done... but at least i can get going on the peace/prayer flags now...
