Comments on: Hand Carved Stamp :: a tutorial

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:52:54 +0000

I’m glad I could help!:)

By: Grace

Grace — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:02:43 +0000

thanks so much Jo!

By: Jo

Jo — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:02:29 +0000

Hi Grace,

I thought it’ll be easier to explain with pics.. i’ll send you an email! I hope I’m not too late, have been a busy weekend><

By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:28:53 +0000

Hey Jo,
although this is a pretty idiotic question…:P
i have a speedball now, but i can figure how to insert the blades! D:
i’ve fiddled around..but it doesn’t fit!
What exactly are you supposed to do to insert a blade??

By: Kella

Kella — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:53:45 +0000

Another cool tutorial.

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:29:12 +0000

That would be a very cute scene ^0^

And back to your question. I would recommend you to get two blades minimum to start with, the V-shaped no. 1 is an absolute must – for carving details, and then get the U-shaped no. 4 for large areas.

Hope that helps

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:29:23 +0000

or any you bought you could totally do without???
I’m still investigating, I’ll let you know what success I have! I tried Tillys but my toddler started attacking everything so we had to escape…

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:27:41 +0000

What blades do you recommend as a starter pack?

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:04:46 +0000

I’m glad I could help!^_^

You mean the speedball cutting tools, right? I think they are actually quite good, they have finer blades then most other carving tools and reasonably priced.

I got them from Oxford Art in Chatswood. Don’t go to the Oxford Street store, they are always out of stock on everything!!! And if you happen to go to the Chatswood store, they sell speedball carving blocks there as well, I got a piece but I haven’t tried it out yet so I can’t compare it to the one I bought from Amazing Paper, but I heard they are quite good as well. I didn’t tell you this b’cos I thought Chatswood would be too far for you, but if you are going in to get the carving tools, might as well:)

PS. Oh, and thanks for letting me know about the Turkish place, I live in Stanmore, so I’ll definitely go and try it out!!!

By: Emma

Emma — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:47:51 +0000

Thanks so much for that Jo! and for emailing me direct to make sure I got the reply!
I’m in Leichhardt so Enmore is right around the corner and I know that shop because its opposite my fave Turkish takeaway!
Thanks again, I’ll definately go check it out, its closed Mondays so it’ll have to be tomorrow.
What did you think of the tools you bought?
Emma