How To Make A Ceramic Stamp

Print or draw out the design or logo that you want for your stamp.

How to make a ceramic stamp.

As a service to the ceramic arts community. Ordinary rubber stamps can be used to embellish and personalize plain ceramic mugs. More ways to make custom pottery stamps. Another cool way to make custom stamps is to attach coils to a lug of clay.

Except it can be a little tiring to make the same signature over and over again especially if you got a lot of 20 something items you all need signatures on. Rubber stamps are commercially available in a number of shapes and sizes for crafting purposes. A lot of potters make custom texture stamps by carving into or pressing a piece of clay into an existing texture and then bisque firing it. This video is specifically for my ceramics students when preparing to carve their signature stamps.

Jan 22 2016 making stamps for clay. As with everything in ceramics there are many ways to make clay stamps. Our clay stamp making process was developed by artist joel socwell while studying ceramics at the university of wisconsin whitewater. In this article in the ceramic arts network archives potter virginia cartwright explains how she makes her polymer clay stamps.

In today s video an excerpt from her dvd creative forming with custom texture which is now available as a. Next take either a dull needle tool or a stylus something that will impress upon the plaster with out ripping the paper and trace over the logo. Instead of using a traditional ink pad rubber stamping on ceramic mugs utilizes special paint to create a permanent waterproof design on the surface of the cup. Images such as letters numbers designs symbols will al.

See more ideas about clay clay stamps clay texture. This technique is great if you don t want to wait for a bisque fire to work your stamps into production. I make a lot of ceramics and like all of my art i like to put a signature on my things. It is a super fun way to personalize your work by making your own marks.