This is a very rough version. The colors are all wonky right now, so I’ll take a better picture tomorrow and I’m sure I will be playing around with it plenty in photoshop. I really want the cold press watercolor paper texture to show. I’m thinking of taking it through the sewing machine for a swoop that will tie the two parts together.
It’s been a long time since I’ve updated my banner, but here are a couple old versions.
and of course the current one
Who knew, when I began this month that I would become obsessed with hand carved stamps. I lay my head down on the pillow at night and all I can think of is new stamp ideas. And that is precisely where the idea for this one came. I have a huge collection of Polaroid cameras. Well, I guess huge is a relative term, I have about 15, give or take a few. I went through them all, searching for the perfect inspiration of what a Polaroid camera “looks like” and chose this one, as well, as another that had the rainbow stripe down the front, so I blended the two together.
I love perusing all the handcarved stamps on flickr, here is a little collection I made from other artists. If you click on the picture, it will take you to the post where you can find the links to each artist.
Day 24 – business cards, originally uploaded by robayre.
These are just some samples that I cut down by hand, but when everything is trimmed, I will have 500 of each image. Now, what shall I do with 500 business cards of clouds, or grass? I’m not exactly sure, but I had an idea for a new challenge where I might try and come up with something new to do with them each day for a given period. For example, day one – I could create a stamp to print my info on the back, day two – I could write kind messages on the back and leave them out for people to find, day three – I could sew them through my sewing machine and make a bunting garland, and so on and so forth.
At any rate, I promised to share my sticker graffiti and this picture will have to do. I will post pictures later, when I adhere them to their new homes. Before I do that though, I think I’ll be giving them some coats of a sealant. Hopefully they won’t deteriorate so quickly while being subject to the elements of previously mentioned Northern Illinois winters. Also, I made some little circle stickers (middle row) and those were so tiny, fun and quick to create. The larger ones (probably about business card size) will be run through my xyron to give it a sticky back, although I’ve seen plenty of recipes online to make sticker paste specifically for sticker graffiti. Just google “Wheatpasting”.
I’ve been really inspired while approaching this project. There are TONS of flickr groups devoted to sticker graffiti.
There’s even one devoted to “Hello my name is” labels turned into graffiti stickers.
This wasn’t the only thing I worked on today, but it’s the only thing I have complete, so here it is. Now back to the studio to finish working on my other project. Hint, it’s another stamp/print :)
There are books out there about how to lose weight, and there are books out there about how to improve your mind in numerous ways. There are books about reversing the effects of aging on your body, but I’d like to find a book about slowing the speed of time to my mind. I just feel like time is going too fast. It’s probably just a matter of doing more, and being more productive, or maybe the opposite, slowing down and relaxing? I’ve been thinking lately that maybe chronicling what I do with my time might help. That way I can look back and see all the things I’ve done during given periods. I don’t know, but time just keeps speeding up and I wish and dream for those days as a child where I felt like one school year lasted years and years and summer break was an eternity.
