Boyd on fri 15 may 98
Has anyone used or know where I might find a company that makes stamps? The
small type, as in signature stamps that can be impressed into leather
hard/soft clay.
Thanks for any help.
Richard Boyd
Iron River MI
http://www.freeyellow.com/members/boyd/index.html
DJMCAVOY on sat 16 may 98
I make stamps for just that purpose. The stamps are made of a very flexible
polymer material. I've made stamps for myself for several years and just
recently started making them for some potter friends of mine. They all seem
quite pleased. If you want mor info or want me to make some stamps for you
just fax, call or e-mail.
Dennis
fax 423-430-5575
ph 423-436-4575
Smoky Mountain Pottery
PO Box 1275
Gatlinburg, TN 37738
John H. Rodgers on sat 16 may 98
-- [ From: John H. Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
You can make your own signature stamps out of plaster.
Get some wax.....preferably something like the gray carving wax from Laguna
Clay....it has a filler in it that makes it easy to work with, but paraffin
will do I suppose.(you can also do this with clay, although I prefer wax....
easier to handle, doesn't squish!). Melt the wax, then pour it onto a flat
surface and let it harden. A form should be constructed to contain the wax
so it doesn't run. There needs to be about 1/4" inch thickness of wax. When
hard, cut it to the shape and size you want....a disc like a quarter, or
rectangular, or trapesoid or whatever. Use a stylus, and write/inscribe your
signature into the wax. The size of the ball on the end of the stylus will
determine the width of the line of the signature. How deep it goes depends
on your desire. I set the depth of my line at 1/2 the ball diameter.
Take the wax disk and put a little form around it....use cardboard or
whatever. Lubricate the surface of the form with vaseline. DO NOT GET THE
VASELINE ON THE WAX!!! Spritz the surface of the wax with a 50-50 mixture of
tincture of green soap and water. Use a spray bottle that makes a very fine
mist. Don't spray directly at the wax, but spray into the air above and let
the fine mist fall directly down from a couple of feet or so in the air onto
the wax. Just a shot or two.....don't over do it. The soap serves as a
surfactant and will cause any air bubbles at the surface of plaster to burst
..
Next, mix a little plaster and water........number one pottery plaster is
best, but probably plaster of paris might work. Since this is a small
plaster pour, you can eyeball the plaster mix. By Volume, 2/3 plaster and
1/3 water should do the trick. Mix as much as you need to make one stamp and
handle. Pour the plaster over the wax, beginning at one side and letting the
plaster flow over the signature. If you do all this on a small board, you
can bump the board a bit to get the plaster to settle into the grooves of
the signature. One set, remove the plaster stamp, and you can put it to
immediate use. I suggest waiting until it is dry. Once dry, it resists the
wearing action of the clay much better.
If, after a couple of tries, there are bubble holes in the signature, try
filling the signature groove in the wax by brushing plaster into the groove.
Then finish filling by pouring.
This works for me. The method can also be used to make all kinds of little
stamps and press molds.
Good luck.
John Rodgers
in Alabama
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Date: Friday, 15-May-98 10:45 AM
From: Boyd \ Internet: (boydr@up.net)
To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART \ Internet: (clayart@lsv.uky.
edu)
Subject: Signature stamps
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Has anyone used or know where I might find a company that makes stamps? The
small type, as in signature stamps that can be impressed into leather
hard/soft clay.
Thanks for any help.
Richard Boyd
Iron River MI
http://www.freeyellow.com/members/boyd/index.html
-------- REPLY, End of original message --------
Berry Silverman on sun 17 may 98
Another method for signature stamp is to use underglaze. Draw your
signature, have a stat made, and take it to your local rubber stamp
maker. You can use it with underglaze stamp pads -- I know Minnesota
Clay sells them in several colors.
Berry in Tucson
Berryware
mel jacobson on sat 30 jun 01
lee's post reminded me of some of my own
experiences.
one...mr. uchida wanted me to sign my pots while
in japan with my mj logo. he felt it was appropriate
for an american to use american english for the stamp.
he gave me a very nice stamp when i left japan, sort of a
graduation present. it is `sama`...means honorific mister or master.
cannot use it except on pots where no one will know what
it means. (far too arrogant a stamp for japan.) i also have a
very nice stamp `yaki` means fire. a nice one is mel in japanese.
`may lou`. so, i was may lou san.
over the years i have made, bought, had gifts given to me
of a variety of stamps. each has a purpose in my studio.
for years i only used one stamp at the high school, and it allowed
me to know that i had a different pot claybody that was from school.
all bisque looks the same, so i knew what to do with those pots.
i start each series of pots with a new stamp. i record that in my
brain. i can often tell people what year, what clay body, and how
i glazed the pot shown by knowing the stamp. it is permanent record.
i have seen many pots with codes and numbers that indicate time
and place. (kurt would scrawl `PL354-J` or something on the
bottom of test pots..(Pigeon Lake, page 354 or whatever in iron
oxide.) it is obtrusive. a small stamp on the lower base of the
pot lets the customer know i made it, i have a record of my work,
and have a great deal of information about the pot from knowing
what stamp was used.
as you can see from tom wirt's post. people drive warren mackenzie
crazy. people pounding on his door all day long. people stealing
pots, grabbing....well, it is the price of fame. he is tired of it, and
has tried to be civil, but idiots are hard to please. some folks have
no class. i never take visitors to his place....i would never do that.
i have not been to his pottery for twenty years. i greet him at openings
and the such, but i never bother him.
the only argument i ever have about warren is:
if you mention anything about pots in the twin cities the answer
is always `mackenzie`...this town has twenty or more great potters
that never get mentioned...(not talking about me here folks.)
and i try my best to get the press and others to realize we are a city
of great potters....recognize that. yes, warren is the best of the bunch,
but he is just one of many great potters. (this is not warren's doing, it
is a perception because he lives here.)
the more good potters an area supports is good for everyone. we all
share in the education that the public has for pots. the more education
that develops, the more pots are sold. the more pots sold, the more
people want. warren started that in minneapolis/st. paul.
the thousands of students that i produced at hopkins high have given
the region knowledgeable customers. it all helps.
it is a constant struggle to maintain interest in hand crafts. it is the
obligation of all of us to keep it going.
we all thank warren for his years of dedication to the craft.
that is what it is about....`THE CRAFT`.
NEVER FORGET THAT. it is our survival.
mel
From:
Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
web site: http://www.pclink.com/melpots
Bruce Freund on mon 2 dec 02
Any place to buy custom made signature stamps for moist pottery both
negative and positive impression ??
Bruce
L. P. Skeen on mon 2 dec 02
---- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Freund"
> Any place to buy custom made signature stamps for moist pottery both
> negative and positive impression ??
Look in your yellow pages under Rubber Stamps. There is prolly a dealer in
your area that will make it for you. POSSIBLY even Office Despot.
L
Lily Krakowski on mon 2 dec 02
You can get rubber stamps made at a rubber stamp place. You can go to one of
those scary "educational toy" stores and get an alaphabet kit and make your
own.
You can write your name on a piece of plaster make an impression and fire
it. if you start BIG the firing will shrink the stamp, and you can go on
making smaller and smaller impressions. That is how many, me included, make
their pottery seals.
If you are lucky there still is a lithographer in your town who will make
you a lithography slug. These are wonderful, but they ARE lead, and you may
want to coat the part you hold, or insert it into a piece of wood.
Bruce Freund writes:
> Any place to buy custom made signature stamps for moist pottery both
> negative and positive impression ??
>
> Bruce
>
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Lili Krakowski
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Constableville, N.Y.
(315) 942-5916/ 397-2389
Be of good courage....
suze kosko on mon 2 dec 02
why not make your own stamps out of porcelain? i make both negative and
positive impressions that way. i've made stamps from all kinds of
things... kitchen tools, shells, nail heads, etc. i've bisqued them and
also fired them to ^10, and i find i like the bisqued stamps better. the
high fired ones will last longer though.
suze kosko
new durham, nh, usa
Tim on mon 2 dec 02
In most small towns, in this area, there are rubber stamp stores that
overflow with all types of stamps. You might also be able to order a name or
logo.
Any place to buy custom made signature stamps for moist pottery both
negative and positive impression ??
> Look in your yellow pages under Rubber Stamps. There is prolly a dealer
in
> your area that will make it for you. POSSIBLY even Office Despot.
>
> L
>
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Charnley McCrorey on tue 3 dec 02
SIgnature Stamps can be gotten from a company in Seattle Washington called
MasterMark contact me off list to get the address and phone number, they do
mail order and will produce a faithful copy of whatever you need. They are
the company most little companies go to. CLM (Laughing Lion Productions) A
frequent ghost and almost non existant contributor.
Subject: Re: Signature Stamps
In most small towns, in this area, there are rubber stamp stores that
overflow with all types of stamps. You might also be able to order a name or
logo.
Any place to buy custom made signature stamps for moist pottery both
negative and positive impression ??
> Look in your yellow pages under Rubber Stamps. There is prolly a dealer
in
> your area that will make it for you. POSSIBLY even Office Despot.
>
> L
Greg Lamont on tue 3 dec 02
Bruce,
I designed my own signature stamp in the computer using a paint program.
Then I copied the image to a disk, took the disk to my local trophy
engraving shop, and had him burn the image into a scrap piece of walnut
(left over from a botched plaque engraving job) with their
computer-controlled laser engraver. I got a very crisp image with
verylittle cost--just the labor because the wood would have been discarded
anyway. THe labor is next to nothing, because the computer controls the
engraver--the disk is popped into the computer and away it goes! I've done
this for a number of stamps nowand it works great.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Freund
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Date: Monday, December 02, 2002 8:33 AM
Subject: Signature Stamps
>Any place to buy custom made signature stamps for moist pottery both
>negative and positive impression ??
>
>Bruce
>
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Orchard Valley Ceramics Arts Guild on tue 3 dec 02
>Any place to buy custom made signature stamps for moist pottery both
>negative and positive impression ??
>
>Bruce
Do a Google search for custom rubber stamps and you'll find quite a few
places. I have personally used www.stampman.net. You can send him
images as graphic files in a number of formats. He will also accept
high resolution FAX for signature stamps. I've gotten very good service.
- Bob Nicholson
Michael McDowell on wed 4 dec 02
I have followed this discussion for a while now. I haven't figured
out why there has been so little talk of carving your own stamp in
clay, bisque firing it, and using that. Personally, I find the hard
edge of mechanically perfect renditions to be a bit jarring on a
hand made piece.
Another advantage of a clay stamp is that the bisque releases more
easily from moist clay than most other substances. If some decide to
take this approach, one useful tip is to make an "original" in
"positive" a little larger than desired. Impressions can be made of
this original to make several, repeatable "negative" copies a little
smaller than the original. The wet to dry shrinkage is about 6 or 7
percent this way. This way, you have back up if one stamp becomes
saturated from use.
Michael McDowell
Whatcom County, WA
Michael@McDowellPottery.com
http://www.McDowellPottery.com
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