Homemade Stamp

For this project, all supplies where things I already had laying around the house. The stamp I made is my initials for stamping onto paintings or anything I want to mark as my own. The end product is a bit messy but would be cleaner depending on your application of the ink/paint and quality of work. Also, all materials can be switched out with real block printing or stamp making materials.

Eraser

Exacto Knife

Pencil

Paper

Sharpie

Paint

Paintbrush

Outline your eraser and draw the design you desire in pencil. Make sure this is really layered with graphite.

Place eraser on paper, making sure it lines up with the outline, and press really hard. This will transfer the graphite onto the eraser but mirrored.

Darken design with a sharpie, this is where the paint will be applied.

Carve away anything that does not have sharpie with the Exacto knife. I outlined the design with the knife first, then carved away.

Your stamp is done. I added paint to the stamp with a paintbrush and stamped on the back of a sketchbook to see the result. I added too much paint but liked that it looked thicker. An ink roller and ink or stamp pad would be preferable here.

About the Creator:

Hi! My name is Coralie and I am a student assistant at EXLAB Atlanta. I love to do projects where I make something and include a more artistic element whether it be embroidering a shirt I modified or recreating a board game with my own artistic twist.