Artist and popular workshop instructor Traci Bunkers can turn just about anything into an interesting stamp, printing block, or tool. In this book, she shows readers how to see overlooked, everyday objects in a new way, and how to "MacGyver" them into easy to use printing blocks and tools. Readers learn to create 52 print blocks and stamp tools, all from inexpensive, ordinary, and unexpected materials--string, spools, bandaids, flip flops, ear plugs, rubber bands, school erasers, and a slew of other repurposed and upcycled items. The book also shows how to use those simple tools to make gorgeous, multi-layered prints and patterns that can be used to enhance journal covers, stationery, fabrics, accessories, and more.
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Bunkers calls her work “alternative printmaking” and tells readers how to turn everyday materials and objects into custom stamps and printmaking tools. …The graphics are colorful and inspiring, the instructions concise and easy to follow. Your probably already have everything you need to get started. - Barbara Delaney “In the Mix”, Cloth Paper Scissors, July/August 2010
About the Author
Traci Bunkers is a passionate and quirky self-employed mixed-media and fiber artist living in Lawrence, Kansas. Through her one-woman business Bonkers Handmade Originals, she sells her nifty creations such as hand-dyed spinning fibers and yarns, original rubber stamps, handmade books, kits and original artwork. She also creates an artzine called Tub Legs, designs knitwear, and is a knitting, spinning, and crochet technical editor. She has been teaching workshops across the US since the early 90s and her visual journal pages, artwork, and knit designs have been published in numerous books and magazines. To learn more about her work, visit her web site at www.TraciBunkers.com
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Traci Bunkers is a passionate and quirky self-employed mixed-media & fiber artist living in Lawrence, Kansas. "I love rusty things, glitter glue, old books to cut up and cheap cameras. I'm smiling when my hands are dirty with paint or when I've altered a camera or something to use as a printing tool. It means I'm doing what I love--making art and doing things with my hands. Lucky for me, I do what I love for a living." Even though the DIY and repurposing life styles are now in vogue, for this self-proclaimed love child of MacGyver, reusing and repurposing have always been her way of life as a creative way to problem solve and make ends meet. Through her one-woman business Bonkers Handmade Originals, she sells her nifty creations such as hand-dyed spinning fibers and yarns, original rubber stamps, handmade books, kits and original artwork. She also creates an artzine called Tub Legs, designs knitwear, and is a knitting, spinning and crochet technical editor. She has been teaching workshops across the US since the early 90s and her visual journal pages, artwork and knit designs have been published in numerous books and magazines. To learn more about her work, visit her web site at www.TraciBunkers.com
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Don't judge this book by its simple cover. It's not as elementary as it appears. Certainly, the techniques can be adapted for use in children's art, but the book could be useful also for collage artists wanting to create 2 dimensional texture and even art quilters, using different paint mediums, but applying the same techniques. The instructions are simple, but the applications can be as comlicated as you like.
While Traci Bunkers selects her materials from common household and office products (some of them quite unexpected) it would be possible to venture into using materials from nature such as leaves, seeds and grasses. The author confines her examples largely to small blocks, but it is also possible to apply her ideas to larger formats such as collagraphs.
As the author says, "The gallery is meant to be an inspirational jumping off point to show how everything you have learned can be put together and used artistically on just about any surface imaginable." Her gallery includes examples of printmaking used with stationary, candle holders, book covers, shoes, purses and totes. But you could also use the same printmaking techniques for place mats, cushion covers, floorcloths and mixed media wall hangings.
As an abstract artist, I will be adapting the techniques to create three dimensional effects by stamping various textures into modeling paste.
As Traci says, "The sky is the limit."
While Traci Bunkers selects her materials from common household and office products (some of them quite unexpected) it would be possible to venture into using materials from nature such as leaves, seeds and grasses. The author confines her examples largely to small blocks, but it is also possible to apply her ideas to larger formats such as collagraphs.
As the author says, "The gallery is meant to be an inspirational jumping off point to show how everything you have learned can be put together and used artistically on just about any surface imaginable." Her gallery includes examples of printmaking used with stationary, candle holders, book covers, shoes, purses and totes. But you could also use the same printmaking techniques for place mats, cushion covers, floorcloths and mixed media wall hangings.
As an abstract artist, I will be adapting the techniques to create three dimensional effects by stamping various textures into modeling paste.
As Traci says, "The sky is the limit."
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By L. A. Smith
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
"One of my superpowers is that I can turn just about anything into an interesting stamp, printing block, or tool," writes Traci Bunkers, author of this thoroughly enjoyable and highly creative how-to manual that lays out cool printmaking projects for every week in the year. Each project comes with clear instructions, detailed materials lists, well photographed examples, and expert tips. Perhaps the most important thing that Traci brings to this book is a spirit of adventure, an artistic license that offers the reader permission to have fun and get funky with colors, textures, and patterns.
As an experienced printmaker, I was a bit skeptical whether this book was right for me, but I find Traci's projects engaging, her instructions clear and precise, and there's a little something on every page to inspire me to kick it up a notch and have some fun. She offers practical tips about foraging for materials in every unlikely "art supply" store you can imagine --from Home Depot to the Dollar Store-- and provides excellent suggestions for upcycling tired, old items into beloved art pieces.
As an experienced printmaker, I was a bit skeptical whether this book was right for me, but I find Traci's projects engaging, her instructions clear and precise, and there's a little something on every page to inspire me to kick it up a notch and have some fun. She offers practical tips about foraging for materials in every unlikely "art supply" store you can imagine --from Home Depot to the Dollar Store-- and provides excellent suggestions for upcycling tired, old items into beloved art pieces.
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have bought a fair number of how-to books on the topics of mixed media and paper art, and I have to say that this is one that I will be using on a regular basis. The ideas are simple enough to implement in minimum time and with everyday materials (mostly), but lend themselves to endless invention and creative twists.
This is not a book about how to make complicated, single-purpose artistic inventions, nor does it focus on a printed gallery of artwork. Instead you can think of Print and Stamp Lab as a manual, one that you can grab from the shelf to be creating awesome layers in your artwork in no time flat.
This is not a book about how to make complicated, single-purpose artistic inventions, nor does it focus on a printed gallery of artwork. Instead you can think of Print and Stamp Lab as a manual, one that you can grab from the shelf to be creating awesome layers in your artwork in no time flat.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
stamping
i liked the approach of stamp and print and how to work your hand to create the items. I loved the way this book shows using everyday items you can achieve all this creativity.
Published 1 month ago by Albert Lowhim
5.0 out of 5 stars
Recommended, especially for beginners and those on a small budget
I saw Print & Stamp Lab at someone's house, made a note and ordered it. Wow! I have been having lots of fun making my own stamps for the last couple of weeks, and there are still... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Patricia Leavitt
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting ways to use common products
I ordered this book as a gift for a friend. I couldn't resist peeking inside. The book makes a person look at commond items as a means to create very unique patterns for... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Lee Taylor
4.0 out of 5 stars
Just Love the Ideas in the book
Lots of great ideas. My Favorite in the use of a paint roller to make a rolling texture stamp. The order processing is seamless as usual with Amazon Prime.
Published 16 months ago by David and Louise
4.0 out of 5 stars
turn ordinary things into print and stamp tools!
This is a brilliant book to get ideas for what to use to make your own stamping and printing tools. Traci Bunkers sees potential in ordinary, cheap materials - many of which can be... Read more
Published 18 months ago by liberal sprinkles
5.0 out of 5 stars
the funnest book
This book is really neat. It has stamps using lots of common materials--but the ideas are sophisticated enough that a grown-up might use the stamps, too. A good buy. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Occasional Reviewer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Fun
Clever book with lots of fun ideas. Gets one looking at items in a new light -- how would that print?
Published 23 months ago by Alexandria
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent
This book did not disappoint... I love it! In fact, I love all of the Lab Series books: Collage Lab, Drawing Lab, and now Print & Stamp Lab. Read more
Published on April 21, 2011 by An Artsy Lady
5.0 out of 5 stars
LOVE THIS BOOK!!!
SUCH great ideas and fun things to use for printmaking!! Inexpensive, found, free...all things an Art teacher looks for to introduce students to making creative prints, are in... Read more
Published on March 19, 2011 by artzgrl
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed in this book
I wanted to love this book, I really did. It had great reviews, so I thought it was going to be inspiring. It really wasn't. Read more
Published on February 6, 2011 by Moira Richardson
