Things You'll Need:
- Staedtler eraser or carving block
- Pencil
- Carving or cutting tools
- Colored inks
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Step 1
Decide what kind of art rubber stamp you want to create so you can determine how large of a working surface you need. Small Staedtler erasers are perfect for small stamps, initial stamps and icon stamps, but carving blocks are better suited for larger art rubber stamps.
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Step 2
Take a pencil and begin to design the rough concept for your art rubber stamp. You can use the pencil to shade in the areas that should be raised, leaving the areas that should be carved out completely blank.
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Step 3
Begin the carving process once you have the drawing completed on your rubber stamp. It is generally best to use larger carving tools to begin on the outside edges of the stamp, working inward where the design is by gradually using smaller carving tools. You should be scooping out pieces of the rubber carefully to cut away the part of the block that is not in the design.
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Step 4
Use finer carving tools to cut the sharper and more detailed lines in your stamp until the design becomes completely apparent. Finer rubber stamp carving tools are shaped as tiny U's or V's to create fine lines in the rubber.
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Step 5
Test your art rubber stamp at this point by patting it on an ink pad and stamping the image on to scratch paper to see what the design looks like. You may need to do some fine tuning with your carving tools in order to perfect your art rubber stamp design at this point.
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Step 6
Make sure to wash your stamp off thoroughly using a gentle rubber stamp cleaning product before you begin carving again.
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Step 7
Continue carving the fine lines and details in your stamp, periodically testing the results to make sure that you are obtaining the desired effect.
