The Great Rubber Stamp Book: Designing * Making * Using

Gruenig, Dee

ISBN 10: 0806913983 / ISBN 13: 9780806913988

Published by Sterling, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Great Rubber Stamp Book: Designing * Making * Using
• Publisher: Sterling
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806913983
• ISBN 13: 9780806913988
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

“The author...knows how to cram a book full of enticing color photos of more art projects based on rubber stamp designs than could easily be imagined....Her ideas extend well beyond repetitive designs....A colorfully-illustrated and lively art activity resource for the discerning teacher.” —SchoolArts.

Review

With her trademark wild hues and bold graphics, "the head cheerleader of rubber stamping" (as she's been hailed) has filled a very colorful book with loads of innovative techniques. No surface is immune to her irrepressible stamping enthusiasm: in addition to paper, she stamps on glass, wood, walls, doors, fabric, and home accessories; she even uses glossy adhesive paper to create unique stamp stickers. Even experienced stampers can learn a few tricks: creating landscape imagery or "wallpaper" backgrounds; achieving airbrush and watercolor effects; using rubber-cement resist techniques; making dimensional pop-up greeting cards; as well as spattering, sponging, and texturing. Gruenig's colors are so vivid and her designs so eye-catching that it's hard not to feel cheerful just looking at them. --Amy Handy