Yellow Owl Workshop's Make It Yours by Christine Schmidt

Author:Christine Schmidt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony
Published: 2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00

animal tessellation

Tessellations are motifs designed to fit together like puzzle pieces. Here we design a stamp with custom contours that, when repeated, completely and neatly covers a printed surface. You could print these in one color, but the motifs pop more if you use more than one ink. I printed these with a half-drop repeat and a brick repeat (as described on this page) to further differentiate the motifs from one another. Steps 1–5 are the instructions to design your own tessellation, but I have included two templates for your printing pleasure. Technically you could repeat steps 2–5 with all four sides of the stamp, but I find it easier to align for printing when there are two straight sides. The sides, clockwise starting from the top, are A, B, C, and D. These instructions are for a brick repeat. If you would like to do a half-drop repeat, simply draw vertical rather than horizontal lines for your printing grid. Skip to step 6 if you want to use the template provided.

Use these motifs to stamp on any surface you like! I just did these on large sketch paper so I could later cut it down for cards or use it as wrapping paper.

TIME: 1 hour

DIFFICULTY:

LEARN: How to design, carve, and print a tessellation

REMIX: Use stamps as a border for sheets and pillowcases; use fox template on this page

MATERIALS

Pencil

2 sheets of tracing paper, each 8½" × 11" (21.5cm × 28cm)

4" × 6" (10cm × 15cm) rubber carving block

Templates

Stamp carving tool and multiple gouges

Craft knife

2 all-purpose ink pads in desired colors

Scrap paper

Ruler

Substrate as desired, either paper or fabric

Iron or dryer (optional)

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