Susie Monday

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The art I make is the result of a life-long love of pattern, texture and color. How I teach is a skill honed by experience (I started teaching creative arts to younger kids when I was 12). After earning a B.A. in Studio Arts from Trinity University, I helped lead an internationally recognized educational foundation, designed curriculum exhibits for schools and other institutions, wrote and edited for a major daily newspaper, opened the San Antonio Children's Museum and then, a dozen years ago, took the scary but essential (for me) leap to become a fulltime artist and art teacher.

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    « Small Works for a Big Cause | Main | Do you Know Ze? »
    Tuesday
    Feb262013

    More Handmade Alphabets

    DateTuesday, February 26, 2013 at 08:11AM

     

    Detail of printed text on textile using inkjet printer

    Here are just a few links and cool sites that have some interesting ideas for handmadealphabets of different kinds (not just stamps). Since I'm teaching a lesson this week on Joggles that talks about my usual technique with tips and to-dos (using craft foam, like lots of others) to make alphabet stamps, I took a tour around the blogosphere and found these interesting sites. 

    Crafting a Green World -- not stamps, but crafts, still fun...

    Wooden Alphabet Beads -- how about these mounted to make stamps?

     Jumbo foam letters can be purchased here if you don't want to cut your own.

    Really GOOD Alphabet Stencils

    A template for cutting your own letters, in case you want something a little more regular than your own text. And more here.

    Here is a great tutorial for making CORK alphabet stamps.

    Linoleum Block stamp basics are here on this page.

    And to go with them all: Dollar Store Stamp Pads!

    And last of all, if you want a "real" inkable rubbler stamp (better for paper than for fabric) you can custom design online on several sites including this one.

    I also set up a Pinterest Board devoted to More Text on Textiles! 

    Any other ideas? Feel free to share -- and by the way, the Joggles workshop runs this and three more weeks, (and you can download last week's lesson any time) so if you are interested, sign up here.

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