Often supermarkets sell their fruit, meat or pizza on styrofoam trays. Normally these things are thrown away but it is possible to use them as stamps. I stamped this fabric with them. With a pen I drew figures in it, applied some setacolor opaque with a foam roller and placed the stamp on the fabric. In this case Kona black. Instead of a pen you can also use a toothpick or a knitting needle to draw with. Certain types of glue 'eat' the styrofoam and by using this glue you can create patterns as well.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
styrofoam stamping
Often supermarkets sell their fruit, meat or pizza on styrofoam trays. Normally these things are thrown away but it is possible to use them as stamps. I stamped this fabric with them. With a pen I drew figures in it, applied some setacolor opaque with a foam roller and placed the stamp on the fabric. In this case Kona black. Instead of a pen you can also use a toothpick or a knitting needle to draw with. Certain types of glue 'eat' the styrofoam and by using this glue you can create patterns as well.
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Interesting re-use. I am just getting into dying and surface re-designing. But I hadn't thought about how to carve stamps...
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