I made these inchies for a swap quite awhile back. Inchies are a great way to indulge in short bursts of creativity. I hadn't heard of this until the Inchies Swap was posted, but I was hooked instantly. The swap gallery has many more examples.
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I started by collaging a sheet of heavy watercolor paper:
Close ups:
Here are the pieces I sent into the wild:
The back, just for fun:
And some of my favorites, selfishly kept for myself:
This stamp was riddled with inconsistencies and confusion, so I simplified it a bit.
This is a reversible soldered pendant; one side has a guava stamp, and on the other side, a papaya stamp.
Tonight my stamp carving was too anxious to achieve much success, but I was happy with this sacred heart with scroll:
I also churned out two botched stamps, including a pill that could just as easily be a cigarette butt or toy bullet, and a bird with the worst kind of angles.
When I found my stamp supplies frighteningly low, I was overwhelmed by the urge to make use of all of my scrap material.
Here's the lot together:
Inventory:
While looking through old notebooks, I found this quick sad dragon watercolor. He brings up some great emotions in me.
