Ideal for the rapidly growing number of rubber stampers, fabric artists, polymer clay enthusiasts, greeting card crafters and book makers, Art Stamping Workshop shows readers how to carve their own stamps and create a range of sophisticated and personalized effects on projects of all kinds. This one-of-kind book includes: A detailed section on materials and techniques; Complete, step-by-step demos and templates for carving stamps out of soft carving blocks and other materials; Ideas for incorporating a range of media; 22 projects that demonstrate how to use stamping to adorn jewellery, journals, scrapbooks, gourds, ornaments and fabric This inspiring guide takes stamping to a whole new level of artistry.
It is always interesting to be asked to "share a bit about yourself." When you are in your fifties, there's quite a bit to choose from!
What I want to share here and now is simply this: I believe that each person has gifts to share with the world. One of my gifts is a love for stories - listening to them, learning from them, creating stories with people, telling and writing them and living to make more.
When I was very young, I was given a Tom Thumb toy typewriter for Christmas. The moment I hit the keys and saw the printed word on the page, I knew I wanted to write a book someday. There were also arts and crafts influences in my childhood that inspired me to want to be an artist. The road was winding, long, unconventional and all mine. It was a process that jump started in 1993 with three rubber stamps, an idea, and the determination to take a dream and make it reality. My art business ImpressionsArt Designs was born.
Another decision became very clear at one point during my art business years: before turning 50, I was going to write a book, and so I did it. In order to get it published before wasting years getting turned down by the big publishers and wanting to see in print before turning 90, I self-published Holy Moly Mackeroly! That was a major commitment and risk, one that I never regretted. The book is all stories, an art-business memoir that I love for its honesty and for the ripple effects that I never could have imagined possible - this book changed my life and other lives, too.
A natural progression came soon after that - the opportunity to write another book, this one filled with artwork and crammed with as much fun and encouragement as I could pack into 128 pages! North Light Books offered me a contract, and Art Stamping Workshop is now available. It is an exciting time!
My favorite title is "Mom." My favorite way of life is to be free to be myself, to look for and open the next door.
What's next? ...this story to be continued...
Gloria Page
ART STAMPING WORKSHOP
Holy Moly Mackeroly!
www.impressionsart.com
www.vickieenkoff.com / Stamps by Gloria Page
