A good friend of mine in Austin, TX, (Barry Miller) had recently turned me on to rubber stamping. He paid me a visit in 1990 and we set out to find a rubber stamp store in Dallas. We found The Rubber Stamp Gallery, a very fun store located at Snider Plaza close to SMU. When we were looking around I found a notebook with prints from someone who had recently been there, Henning Mittendorf. These were so amazing...and they had been hand carved! I had to know more. As luck would have it the current issue of Rubberstampmadness (RSM) was out and it included two articles featuring hand carved stamps! I purchased the issue and went home to try this new artform. Art Nahpro (Paul Jackson) had a profound impact on my life that day. He still does. You can find a lot of his prints on Flickr so check out the link I am providing to take you there. More about my experience of carving my first stamp to follow!
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