This beautiful book by Stephen Fowler is a guide to rubber stamping, the simplest and purest form of relief printmaking. Copiously illustrated with the author's own relief prints, 'Rubber Stamping' includes double-page spreads introducing all of the tools and techniques of rubber stamping, including reduction printmaking, overprinting, colour mixing, printing with rubber rollers and even edible printmaking. Provides a complete guide to printing with rubber stamps as well as a handful of alternative methods such as using rollers, plaster, or clay. Beginning with a foreword by the artist Rob Ryan and a short history of rubber stamping, it goes on to explain the technical basics: what equipment to use, how to carve your stamps, register multiple colours, and mask prints.

At the heart of the book are over forty inventive projects and step-by-step examples. These include designing typefaces and repeat patterns, collaborative mail art, creating books and zines, printing on cookies, body art, graffiti, making portraits, and translucent and 3D artwork.

Specifications:

Dimensions: 22.9 x 2.5 x 29.2 cm (160 pages)

ISBN-13: 978-1780678658

Note: Books are VAT exempt.

About the Author Stephen Fowler is an artist and Illustrator, specialising in primitive, hands on, DIY printmaking. His work is held and exhibited in galleries and museum collections across the UK, Europe and North America, such as New York's White Columns, Bristol's Arnolfini, the V&A and Tate Modern, both in London. Read our review for this book by clicking here.