How to make a stamp at home. Printing at home

A beautiful seal, which is used in conjunction with wax, will give each gift or letter some specialness and take us back many years. As we know, before, all the kings wore rings in the form of a seal, and put them on letters, documents and other important things. Today, we will learn how to make such a signet, only in our version it will not be a ring.

How to make printing at home?

To make printing at home, we will use the following materials and tools:

Burner.

Pencil.

Stationery knife.

Sandpaper.

Wood varnish.

Print layout printed on paper.

The tree from which we will make the seal.

Cloth rag.

We can also immediately prepare matches and wax, vegetable oil and a paper napkin to check our seal.

Let's get started with our work!

1. The first step is to prepare the material for further processing. Let's take our wood blank and prepare the surface to create a print with it. It needs to be sanded with sandpaper; for this we use paper with a grain size of 320 or higher.

The surface should be smooth, without scratches or other imperfections.

2. Now let's take our layout and, using a stationery knife, cut out the design we need in it.

3. Glue the cut out model onto a piece of wood using tape. Then we transfer the drawing onto the workpiece with a pencil. At this stage, it should be noted that the layout must be glued upside down in order to obtain the correct print.

4. The next stage is based on the drawn logo, we begin to make recesses using a burner.

5. Once the logo is cut out, our seal needs to be varnished to extend its shelf life.

After the varnish has dried, we can use our stamp!

Let's check it out and show you how to leave a stamp correctly. In our case, we will seal a sheet of paper. Everything needs to be done very quickly, as the wax hardens quickly.

1. Fold a sheet of paper. We light a match and melt the wax so that it drips to the place we need. The amount of wax is determined by eye.

2. To prevent the signet from sticking to the wax, you need to dip it in oil and then let the excess oil drain onto a paper napkin.

3. Let's put a stamp on wax!

Once upon a time, only royalty and noble nobles had a personal seal. You can use the author’s advice below and make such an unusually interesting thing for personal use. You will find it useful for sealing hand-made wedding or anniversary invitations, and you can also use it in decoupage and other types of hand-made needlework. For people working on a commercial basis, it is generally irreplaceable - you don’t need to make name tags for your works, just take jute twine and hang an imprint of your personal seal on the product instead of a tag on the product.

To work, you need to prepare the following materials and tools:
1. A small piece of flat wooden stick. The author advises using a small piece of a shovel handle, which can be bought in construction supermarkets.
2. The tape is not wide.
3. Simple pencil.
4. A picture of the future print printed on a printer.
5. A collet knife or a small, thin, sharp knife.
6. Wood burner.
7. Sandpaper.
8. Soft rags.
9. Napkins.
10. Vegetable oil.
11. Drying oil.
12. Brush for applying drying oil.
13. Matches.
14. Sealing wax or wax candle.

1 step.
First, we thoroughly sand the piece of stick using sandpaper. We will especially carefully polish the end side on which we plan to place the seal. Then, using a collet knife, we very carefully cut out the image of the previously printed seal.

Step 2.
Then we apply the cut-out design to the end side of the previously prepared stick, secure it with tape and paint over the wooden surface with a pencil through the cut-out design on the paper. It is very important not to forget that the template blank must be applied in a mirror image, otherwise you will end up with an incorrectly positioned seal.

Step 3.
Then, using a burning device, we carefully burn the wood according to the drawn template, while trying to burn the wood to the same depth.

Step 4
Now you need to process the blank for printing using drying oil. Then thoroughly dry the workpiece with a rag and leave it to dry for 24 hours.

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HOW TO PRINT AT HOME

We continue our humorous forensic circle “Erase the seal, put a new one and become a millionaire, or how to fake a seal at home”... So, in the previous article we looked at how we can remove works of bureaucratic art that we don’t need from a snow-white sheet (see informative in In this regard, article HOW TO REMOVE UNNEEDED RECORDS OR STAMPS FROM PAPER). Let me remind the respected reader, as well as representatives of law enforcement agencies who have suddenly shown interest in this article, that the author of these lines, like any artist of pen and penknife, is not responsible for the information provided, which is most likely unreliable, and most importantly, is not responsible for it usage. In addition, it is my civic duty to remind my fellow citizens that forgery of seals and stamps falls under Article 327 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and is punishable by up to 4 years in prison. Having thus fulfilled our civic duty, we also note that like any goddess, the Goddess of Justice Themis is portrayed as blind for a reason, so forging seals and stamps is not the most interesting activity for her, unless you are going to take a million from a bank using false documents... However, even in this case, Lady Themis will most likely remain blind.

Leaving aside the legal aspects, it can be noted that historically, counterfeiting of seals and stamps has existed for as long as their production, i.e. since the times of Ancient Babylon and Egypt. For every bureaucratic poison there is a similar antidote. If we look at our immediate past, stamps were also forged in the Soviet Union. Moreover, these specialists were highly valued, since forging and cutting out a seal on the heel of a shoe or on an elastic band was a real work of art and required not only a lot of time, but also a certain skill. Well, now, thanks to technological progress, it has become much easier to forge a seal: there are many programs and more, thanks to which a mere mortal can become a real pro in forging seals. In this article we will look at various historical options for forging a seal at home, which were used in antiquity: from quite exotic, but effective - such as forging a seal with an egg, to the most realistic and practical. Naturally, these methods are not relevant now and cannot be used.

Thanks to progress, there are now a large number of computer programs with which you can easily fake a stamp or seal. However, at the dawn of history, when the Sun was just rising, one of the simplest and most used computer programs in this regard was the Stamp program. Type the phrase “download the Stamp program for free” into a search engine and you will find a bunch of sites where you can download it. However, I’ll warn you right away: the Stamp program is not a panacea for all stamps. The program is quite primitive, frankly speaking, and those who have used it, I think, do not feel excessive enthusiasm when it is mentioned. Well, since the Stamp program does not satisfy us, you can always use Photoshop or Corel. These programs allow you not only to process images and remove unnecessary print elements, but also to create your own. Numerous lessons on how to do this are waiting for you on the vast expanses of the Internet. May Gosha and Yasha be with you... Well, after you have realized your creative potential, all you need to print a seal or stamp is a string ink printer. With it you can print almost any stamp in any color.

Engraving is the real art of replicating an image. Stamps can also be called a kind of engraving in a minimal format. In this master class you will learn how to make a stamp with your own hands and feel like a real master engraver. This stamp is suitable for printing with acrylic, oil and printing ink.

An engraving cliché, which is correctly called a “board,” can be made of wood (woodcut), linoleum (linocut), metal (etching) and stone (lithography). It is best to start with linocut: linoleum is easy to cut and has no fibers, unlike wood.

Tools and materials for creating a stamp with your own hands

• piece of economy class linoleum
• stationery knife
• wooden base (for example, a simple wooden cube)
• PVA glue or any other
• optional: you can use linoleum chisels (differ from chisels in size)

How to make a stamp with your own hands

You need to take the cheapest linoleum, smooth, without texture (or with minimal texture) and preferably dense. You can buy a piece of special artistic linoleum for linocuts at an art store. I like this one the most for its structure, but when I need to cut something in large quantities, I use the most ordinary one.

You need to apply a pattern to the linoleum. The easiest way is to redraw with a pencil or pen directly on the linoleum, in a mirror image. But, when it comes to accurately transferring the design, it is better to print the layout in the required size on a laser printer (an inkjet will not work) and transfer the image to the linoleum using an iron.

Attention! When you apply a drawing this way, you don’t need to mirror it!

We ironed it and see what happened.

Now let's cut it. Let's go along the contour of the ampersand with a stationery knife, and over large areas with pencil erasers, which you can do without if the work is small.

Advice: If the linoleum is too soft to cut, you can put it in the freezer for a while. Conversely, if the material is difficult to cut, it is better to heat it on a radiator or in warm water.

We cut out the letter and remove the excess material around the edges. We try to level the surface in large areas.

The stamp is ready!

Now you need to make a test print and trim off any flaws, if any. I also lightly go over the fine-grained sandpaper to even out the surface of the stamp.

Can be printed with regular water-based ink or acrylic. The main thing is that immediately after printing, clean the stamp from any remaining paint in warm water (if oil, then with solvent or turpentine) and leave it to dry naturally (not on a battery!).

With this simple method you can create a completely unique design.

But it’s worth remembering: the larger the board, the harder you need to press so that the material absorbs the paint. Sometimes this can no longer be done by hand. For example, the A3 size print on a T-shirt shown in the photo was already printed using an etching press. Small stamps can be tapped with a wooden hammer to obtain a perfect impression.

Regardless of whether you are planning to decorate greeting cards, envelopes or invitations, you can use any paper material with the help of the made stamp. In this article we will show you some simple ideas on how to make your own stamp! And also how to make small stamps with your children. The Handshaker mobile application gives you a great opportunity to order various services, for example, a good repairman, translator, realtor and other qualifications. Install the application and use it.

Stamp from scrap materials

Do you also collect wine corks, just in case, so to speak? So this case has come! And you can use a piece of wood or plastic as a stamp design. In general, from what is at hand. Or purchase these figures at any office supply store.

These stamps will decorate any card!

Glue the piece of wood onto the end of the cork with strong super glue! Remember that even the simplest handmade items are thousands of times better than any purchased trinket!

Stamp made of stones and foam rubber

A stamp made from stones is not so common, but it is quite quick to make, and it looks interesting! You will need small foam templates and stones collected from the street. Place the stickers on the rocks, color with a stamp pad, and start stamping!

We say thank you with a stamp!

A stamp with text is great! Take a look at our thank you stamp idea! It's perfect for gifts or just to show your gratitude! Materials we will need:

• Rubber for threading
• Pencil
• Eraser
• White list
• Stamp pad
• Wooden cubes
• Super glue

Make a similar stamp with your own hands

First, write the required inscription on a white sheet of paper with a pencil. Then place the paper face down on the eraser and trace with a pencil. Carefully remove the sheet, repeat if necessary. Now we begin to carve the inscription! First the corners, then the font. When the carving is finished, we clean the dust and glue our rubber onto the wooden cube. And finally, wet it in the stamp pad and start stamping!

A small block and simple rubber!

Something similar was presented above. Only instead of wood, stone was used.

Eraser stamp

Potato stamp

A great idea for those who just decided to stamp with their child! We will need potatoes and acrylic paints!