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SURFACES FOR RUBBER STAMPING:
Fabric
I use a very high quality muslin.
Make sure that it is well-ironed.
Pre-shrinking is up to you. The
pieces may be pre-cut into approximately 12” x 12” squares for creating
samples for inspiration or to use in pieced fabric projects. Black
fabric is especially dramatic to use when doing fabric painting and
rubber stamping. If you wish to try silk, it is wonderful with
rubber stamping and paint washes.
Other
Than Fabric
Rubber
stamping
works wonderfully on paper, cardboard, wood, metal, glass, ceramic, etc. If
working with wet media on paper make sure that the paper is at least 80# in
weight. Watercolor paper and smooth heavy water resistant papers work very
well. If using only rubber stamp pads, any weight of paper will work fine.
PAINT:
Acrylic
Paints
You may use 2 oz bottles, jars or tubes. Acrylic paints have a tendency to make fabric stiff, as do all
acrylic paints on fabric. Acrylics are great for rubber stamping and other
surfaces, however. I prefer the bottled acrylics such as Ceramcoat,
Americana, Folk Art, etc. Tube paint will also work for rubber stamping.
I prefer Golden Tube acrylic paints.
Fabric
Paint---Versatex,
Createx, Jacquard, Ranger.
Purchase
fabric paints at specialty Craft,
Rubber Stamp stores, and Art stores.
Applicator
Tipped Paint
I use
Jones Tones and Tulip applicator tipped paint.
I use applicator tipped paint to outline around rubber stamped images and
to create textural areas.
STAMP PADS:
Stamp pads work wonderfully for making rubber stamped impressions. There are stamp pads made for paper and for fabric. I use the full line of Ranger stamp pads in my work as well as their wonderful heat gun and embossing powders. I also use stamp pads from Clearsnap and Tsukineko. Experiment with different stamp pads----metallic stamp pads, pigment stamp pads, dye-based stamp pads, etc. It is fun to actually paint with the stamp pads. Use the edges of the stamp pads to place color onto your paper or fabric. You can use your finger to smudge hard edges, especially with pigment stamp pads.
SPONGES:
This
is a very important piece of equipment. Most of the techniques I do on my
projects involve a sponge. The sponge that I use is called Spontex and is
found at Home Depot. It costs approximately $2.00. The sponge is deep yellow
orange and is 7 ¼” x 5” x 2”. The description is “large hydrophilic
sponge”. The sponge never hardens. Cut the sponge into 1 ½” squares with a
few smaller sizes and a few larger sizes.
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