I've discovered that at certain moments of my life, artmaking needs to be technically easy, pleasing to the eye, and with no design difficulty for it to be 'therapeutic'. Repetitive patterns would do like doodling mandalas. Lately, it's stamp making that does it for me. Its technically easy but not too easy, designs are simple, two toned (inked or not inked), and there's immediate gratification of an end product. Here's a cat-themed stamp session:
I did these to make a cat paper lining to glue under my DIY cat shelves. (Those are still 'in progress' - maybe next post)
The materials I used:
• speedball linoleum cutters, mostly No.1 and No.2.
• exacto knife
• speedy-cut block from speedball
• stamp pads from Aladine.com
Enjoy!
