I visited the shop a couple of days ago, and found a huge box filled with bags of stamps. Old postage stamps, some of them dating back to before the first world war. A whole bag of about 100 was only £1.50! And so, I must confess, I bought 4. Why not eh! So I now have about 400 stamps coming from Poland, Germany, Czechslovkia and Italy. A nice range, I think!
In the Polish bag, I found loads of animal stamps, which gave me an idea. Since seeing Mortensen's work on post-it notes, I wanted to have a go at thinking outside of the box and trying something really interesting with the stamps. I then started experimenting using the animals on the stamps as part of a bigger picture. I started by drawing a tree for my owl stamp.
To create the tree I used a disposable chop-stick dipped in ink, which I then rolled on the paper to create jerky, angular lines, much like twigs and sticks. I really enjoyed the stylistic effect that this produced.This went on to me making a view of the sea with ship stamps floating on it. Unfortunately, it wasn't as successful. I think using the chopsticks created lines that were too straight to give the impression of water. I might try this again sometime with a different media.
Overall though, this is pretty fun!
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