{"id":136,"date":"2010-11-04T02:05:21","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T06:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/?p=136"},"modified":"2016-12-10T10:26:17","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T15:26:17","slug":"potato-stamp-pattern-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/archives\/136","title":{"rendered":"Potato stamp pattern making"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, I made some owl patterns from carved potato stamps.\u00a0 Here are two of the finished prints:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/owl1_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-137\" title=\"owl1_sm\" src=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/owl1_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/owl1_sm.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/owl1_sm-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/owl2_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-138\" title=\"owl2_sm\" src=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/owl2_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/owl2_sm.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/owl2_sm-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here are a few process shots:<\/p>\n<p>First, carving the potato.\u00a0 I actually used an X-acto knife.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/board.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-139\" title=\"board\" src=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/board.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/board.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/board-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Second, inking the potato stamp with acrylic paint.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/red.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-140\" title=\"red\" src=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/red.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/red.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/red-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, I stamped.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/stamping.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141\" title=\"stamping\" src=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/stamping.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/stamping.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/stamping-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To make these patterns!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/prints.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-142\" title=\"prints\" src=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/prints.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/prints.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/prints-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So long, potato stamp owls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/stamps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-143\" title=\"stamps\" src=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/stamps.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/stamps.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/stamps-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, I made some owl patterns from carved potato stamps.\u00a0 Here are two of the finished prints: And here are a few process shots: First, carving the potato.\u00a0 I actually used an X-acto knife. 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