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Re: ability of "pink stuff" to handle details
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #486491 by bluebirdlover
Jan 31, 2010 1:10pm
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I wish I could see samples of yours and everyone else's work

Here you go. This is a stamp from today on Pink stuff. You'll have to forgive the bad quality of the picture. It's from my phone.
I too prefer white PZ, however desperate times call me to settle with pink:

stamp

stamp impression

I'm nowhere near the ability of AS. But I can get a good amount of detail in when I want to as well.

~SBandA
off to ship off that stamp
Re: ability of "pink stuff" to handle details
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #486522 by Seattle Bound
Jan 31, 2010 1:29pm
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a stamp from today

Looks great to me!!!
Y~K b
Re: ability of "pink stuff" to handle details
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Reply to: #486487 by Kirbert
Jan 31, 2010 3:11pm
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My advice: Try your level best to get the first cut in exactly the right spot.

I completely agree! Maybe it's different if you carve with a gouge, but knife carving seems to leave a little bit of a "bump" in your once smooth line when you try to go back and carve off a piece of what you've already cut.

GJ
Re: ability of "pink stuff" to handle details
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Reply to: #486418 by ArchimedesScrew
Jan 31, 2010 3:15pm
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Why is something that is harder to carve and requires more force to cut better when you are starting out?

As a relatively new (knife) carver still only dreaming of achieving the detail you get....

For me, the firmer material was easier to start with because it didn't deform as much as I made the cut. So it became easier to judge where I wanted to cut to get the shape I wanted. Sharp corners were especially difficult - the material would shift slightly under the pressure of the blade, and the resulting corner would not be at the desired angle. Instead of a straight line leading to the corner, there would be a little curve in the last millimeter or two.

Two things have helped me tremendously with that type of problem - shallow cuts and a sharp blade. Both reduce the pressure needed, both result in less shifting of the carving medium, and the combination makes smaller detail much easier.
Re: ability of "pink stuff" to handle details
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Reply to: #486522 by Seattle Bound
Jan 31, 2010 3:54pm
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Thank you for the image. So fun to see both the stamp and the print. Lovely work, especially knowing the "work"! You are very thoughtful! looks great!

Bluebirdlover
Re: ability of "pink stuff" to handle details
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Reply to: #486522 by Seattle Bound
Feb 1, 2010 4:23am
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What is it?
Re: ability of "pink stuff" to handle details
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #486669 by Safari Man
Feb 1, 2010 4:34am
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Looks like this to me.

Here's the stamp impression again. I think she did a marvelous job!
Re: ability of "pink stuff" to handle details
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Reply to: #486672 by Dizzy
Feb 1, 2010 6:43am
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You got it. Thats what it is!
Re: ability of "pink stuff" to handle details
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Reply to: #486669 by Safari Man
Feb 1, 2010 10:16am
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Ha ha ha, happy you asked, rather than me, Bro. I was going to write you and give my impression of what it was: a Saguaro cactus in front, a little village in the distance, with a tornado swirling around. eh? I love impressionist art (?). Great job, SB, now that I see the real thing, and thanks Dizzy for showing it to us.
Artfully disadvantaged OD
(make of that what you will, for a laugh, ;-))
Re: ability of "pink stuff" to handle details
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Reply to: #486672 by Dizzy
Feb 1, 2010 11:26am
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Thank you and yes, having the colors there shows up the village and the surrounds.
Re: ability of "pink stuff" to handle details
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Reply to: #486247 by ArchimedesScrew
Feb 1, 2010 3:48pm
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I think it is an outright lie that you cannot get intricate details with the pink stuff. I don't believe there is anything you can do on PZ Kut that you cannot do on the pink stuff

I have been without power for most of 4 days...
so I I have not been in on the discussions about carving mediums in the past few days...

it is VERY refreshing to see someone stick up for the Pink Stuff :)
If it wasn't harder for me to see a transfer image on it than on white PZ...that is likely all I would ever use.

Pink Stuff is always GRADE A material :)

dixie
after the kids fight over the computer tonight I hope to get caught up tomorrow...
just in time for the next forecasted snow
Re: ability of "pink stuff" to handle details
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Reply to: #486881 by Dixie
Feb 1, 2010 3:52pm
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If you have a Kinko's nearby, use their Docucolor copier, set to black. Makes BEAUTIFUL transfers to pink with a blender pen. :-)

BAC