Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Getting Started

If you have been into rubber stamping for any time at all you have probably heard the term "eraser carving." I had only been doing the rubber stamping thing for a short time when I learned about it. I hope in creating this blog I might help others get to know this technique and explore their creative side!

The name of this blog is "creating light from darkness." This is a phrase I remember hearing from Barry Moser several years ago when he was giving a lecture. If you take the block, ink it and make a print it would just be dark. By cutting away at the block we remove material preventing ink from making an impression on the paper. Hence we have created light from darkness. Maybe it is silly to think of it in these terms but I kind of like that concept.

Please be patient with me as it is going to take me a while to figure this whole blogging thing out. I am sure I will be posting about other topics as well but for now this is where I will start! Enjoy!!!