How To Make A Ceramic Stamp

It is a super fun way to personalize your work by making your own marks.

How to make a ceramic stamp.

Print or draw what you want for your stamp. In this article in the ceramic arts network archives potter virginia cartwright explains how she makes her polymer clay stamps. This video is specifically for my ceramics students when preparing to carve their signature stamps. Jan 22 2016 making stamps for clay.

This technique is great if you don t want to wait for a bisque fire to work your stamps into production. Our clay stamp making process was developed by artist joel socwell while studying ceramics at the university of wisconsin whitewater. This special process uses a laser to cut your design into a durable stamp tool. Tape to a piece of plaster.

Except it can be a little tiring to make the same signature over and over again especially if you got a lot of 20 something items you all need signatures on. Instead of using a traditional ink pad rubber stamping on ceramic mugs utilizes special paint to create a permanent waterproof design on the surface of the cup. Ordinary rubber stamps can be used to embellish and personalize plain ceramic mugs. Next take either a dull needle tool or a stylus something that will impress upon the plaster with out ripping the paper and trace over the logo.

Print or draw out the design or logo that you want for your stamp. As a service to the ceramic arts community. I make a lot of ceramics and like all of my art i like to put a signature on my things. Rubber stamps are commercially available in a number of shapes and sizes for crafting purposes.

In today s video an excerpt from her dvd creative forming with custom texture which is now available as a. Images such as letters numbers designs symbols will al. More ways to make custom pottery stamps. As with everything in ceramics there are many ways to make clay stamps.