Tracy McCabe Stewart - Contemporary Fiber

I never did get pictures up from the fantastic workshop I did with the fabulous  Jeanne Beck in September.  Better late than never .  We played with a number of techniques, but one that I had lots of fun with was making string stamps and heat mold stamps.

String stamps are about as low tech as you can get; that’s part of what I like about them.   Armed with a ball of twine and a scrap piece of wood, you’re in business.  Here was my effort; inspired by endless games of cat’s cradle as a kid.

Tracy' fabulous string stamp

and that stamp in action:

stamp action!

here were some more from other participants and Jeanne’s own stash:

more string stamps

and more:

more stamps

when you use the stamps once, the paint dries and the seals the string:

string stamps continued

Then we played with heat and mold stamps.  You heat these up a bit and impress texture on them.   We had fun with Shelley’s shoe:

Shelley's shoe gets pressed into service

Here’s the stamp it made:

Shelley's shoe stamp

Shelley's shoe stamp in action

Someone made an impression of a wad of string

String wad stamp in action

I haven’t done much experimenting with these.  I’ve been so heavy on the wrokshops lately that I haven’t really had time to assimilate the new skills and tools.  I’ll post as I get to it.