New Halloween Work...

My daughters had an old china doll that was missing the head and arms (I had used them for something else!)  So I thought...hmmmm, what could I make with this torso and legs.  I wanted to make something CrEePy for Halloween.

  I sculpted the head out of polymer clay...I think it turned out pretty cool, and...a little CrEePy!

I am going to attempt a tutorial on hand carved stamps...YAY!

You will start with the carving material called "SOFT-KUT" you can get it at Dick Blick and it is pretty cheap.  And of course you need a carving tool. this is a "linoleum cutter".  These cutters come with different size blades.  Try out the different sizes and use the one that you are most comfortable with.

Here I am drawing a line down the material with a permanent marker and then cutting this piece off with scissors.

SUPER SIMPLE!!!

Here is the piece I cut, now to come up with a simple design.....

I used this template to trace some boxes.  At this point you could either carve "out" the boxes or carve "out" the smaller spaces.  I will carve out the smaller spaces.

START
    CARVING!