Art Cloth: A Guide to Surface Design for Fabric by Dunnewold Jane

Author:Dunnewold, Jane [Dunnewold, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781620331811
Publisher: Interweave
Published: 2013-03-09T22:00:00+00:00

Stamps and stamp-making tools.

Why Make Your Own Stamps, Stencils, and Silkscreens?

Why not use commercial stamps, stencils or silkscreen images instead of making your own? It’s a question worth considering. Lots of neat-looking tools fill the shelves of hobby and craft stores everywhere. Here are the reasons I want you to make your own tools:

Cost. Making tools is less expensive than buying the tools sold in a store.

Copyright issues. Most commercial tools come with a disclaimer. They are for personal use only and can’t be sold as part of a finished work of art. Even if you might never get caught or face prosecution, it’s unethical to pass someone else’s designs off as your own. And you can probably design better stuff anyway!

Filling the toolbox. It’s a good thing to know how to make tools. If you know exactly what look you need for the piece currently in production, your work will benefit by being integrated and cohesive.

Refinement. Making tools allows you to generate a repertoire of images that actually support one another thematically. Creating a stable of elements that relate to each other refines your work and is also a key to working in a series.

Scale. Commercial stamps designed for use on paper are not good candidates for fabric printing. The delicate nature of the images isn’t usually the right scale for printing on cloth. Bigger commercial stamps don’t always have enough detail. Be inspired by stamps meant for paper but translate them into your own designs, so that the scale and refinement supports your artistic vision.

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