oak stamps

maya*made - November 17th, 2011

Turns out this week is devoted to the oak leaf. I have been wanting to carve leaf stamps for awhile, but had always assumed I'd use one as model and free-hand it. Not what happened. I traced one! Every leaf is so unique, and this one's "shape" will live on as a design after the original has decomposed in the earth.  As I investigated each leaf's details, I studied the complex map of veins reaching out... Continue Reading

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