Making Stamps For Ceramics

As with everything in ceramics there are many ways to make clay stamps.
Making stamps for ceramics. It is a super fun way to personalize your work by making your own marks. 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. 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. Produced in about 1 week or less.
This technique is great if you don t want to wait for a bisque fire to work your stamps into production. The purpose of these stamps is to press them into soft or leathe. Jan 22 2016 making stamps for clay. Another cool way to make custom stamps is to attach coils to a lug of clay.
In today s video an excerpt from her dvd creative forming with custom texture which is now available as a. More ways to make custom pottery stamps. I make a lot of ceramics and like all of my art i like to put a signature on my things. In this article in the ceramic arts network archives potter virginia cartwright explains how she makes her polymer clay stamps.
This video shows the basics of how to make a signature stamp or a makers mark stamp in clay.