How To Make A Ceramic Stamp

Rubber stamps are commercially available in a number of shapes and sizes for crafting purposes.

How to make a ceramic stamp. This video is specifically for my ceramics students when preparing to carve their signature stamps. Another cool way to make custom stamps is to attach coils to a lug of clay. Ordinary rubber stamps can be used to embellish and personalize plain ceramic mugs. 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.

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

As a service to the ceramic arts community. See more ideas about clay clay stamps clay texture. 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. A lot of potters make custom texture stamps by carving into or pressing a piece of clay into an existing texture and then bisque firing it.

This technique is great if you don t want to wait for a bisque fire to work your stamps into production. More ways to make custom pottery stamps. 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. Images such as letters numbers designs symbols will al.

In this article in the ceramic arts network archives potter virginia cartwright explains how she makes her polymer clay stamps. I make a lot of ceramics and like all of my art i like to put a signature on my things. Print or draw out the design or logo that you want for your stamp. As with everything in ceramics there are many ways to make clay stamps.