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Anitabot Stamp!
The Speedball stamp making kit came in the mail last Thursday and I got to the stamp making today.
It took me about 1.5 hours, and it turned out pretty well.
The first step was to trace (with pencil) the item that I wanted to make into a stamp, then rub it onto the piece of rubber:
Anitabot stamp progress: the beginning
Then, using the 2 cutting tools, start gouging! This part was easier than I thought it would be. I thought doing the curved outlines would be difficult, but they weren’t so bad.
Anitabot stamp progress: almost done
I used the smaller tool to do the outlines, and the bigger tool to gouge out larger areas. Then I inked it up and did a few tests to determine which areas needed to be shaved down. After that, it was done!
Anitabot stamp progress: Done! (kind of)
The only thing left is to get a wood block to mount it to – though it’s still usable as it is. It was really fun… and now I want to stamp the entire city with it!
Anitabot Bathroom Graffiti
A few years ago, after I designed the Anitabot logo, I got stickers printed up and handed them out to friends and stuck them around the city. I went to Nuit Blanche ’08 and posted a sticker at every installation I was at, and friends told me later they saw that I had been there. How Novel! (See the album below)
2 Christmas’s ago Aaron designed for me, the greatest Christmas gift ever. A Pop-art rendering of my beloved face! (Yes, I am obsessed with my cartoon alter ego).
Take that, Warhol!
I had ran out of stickers so I tried drawing one on a bathroom stall… I’m not good at free handing, I like vector handles I can pick up and move. Anyway, the ‘bot’ on the left was my doing back in February. I returned to this stall just last week and noticed someone had added on!! I don’t know who this person is, but this is great because I love sugar skulls! I also like that this was a complement to my drawing, and not a defacing. To C, whoever you are, thanks!
Bot left, Sugar Skull right!
This made me think that perhaps I should get more stickers printed and continue my rampage on the city but then decided something that may be a bit more economical: a rubber stamp!
I ordered a kit from www.paper-source.com and I cannot wait until it arrives. I’m excited to try out a new craft. I’m pretty decent at sculpting/carving things, but this will require a very steady hand. I’ll update you when it does, or you may just see the stamp in a bathroom stall near you!
I wonder what I’d look like bald…
For a very long time, I’ve wanted to shave my head. I’ve never had the guts to do this though. Being a girl without hair is still a bit challenging to society.
Many women I know are very attached to their hair, finding even cutting it short to be traumatic and horribly unnecessary. I’ve had males tell me that girls look better with long hair period, and that’s the way it should be. I personally love short hair on myself, and other women. I love cutting my hair. I love not having a whole lot of it (perhaps due to the combination of thick, unwieldy hair and my own laziness, I find it easier to manage when I don’t have to).
A friend of mine who has Alopecia recently shaved her head, and quite frankly it think it’s awesome. It’s awesome that she’s got this freedom that she didn’t have before. There’s a certain amount of liberation one must feel without hair.
One of the main reasons I’m not sure I could do this is mostly to do with looks. I think some women look great with bald heads. My friend. Sinead O’Connor, Natalie Portman – they all rocked it. They also, all have delicate features. I’m more of a round clump of clay… with a big dent in it. I have a giant dent at the top of my head. I have no idea what it would look like if I shaved my head and I’m a bit afraid to find out.
I decided I should photo shop a picture of myself with a bald head but I made this instead:
Bald Anitabot
According to this I would still be cute. I think it’s pretty accurate.
In Hinduism, shaving ones head is a part of many rituals. It is usually done for infants after a few months of life, and can also be done during important pilgrimages. As I am planning a trip next year with my “new” husband to meet my family – I think that’s a pretty good time. I get the sweet cultural excuse too!
We’ll see.
Happy 2010! New year: New Furniture!
The freshness of a new year brings so many hopes, dreams, ideas and promises. It’s the proverbial blank slate that everyone gets. Except, it’s not really a blank slate. It’s the same slate from last year, and all the previous years and thoughts, ideas, marks remain. It’s been wiped blank, yes but the old remains. Is that such a bad thing? I think not.
I am not a fan of making new years resolutions because I am not a fan of failure. Not to say I succeed at every endeavor , but I am not a fan of setting myself for obvious failure. This year, however I shall attempt to make some resoultions. I will resolve to accomplish these things for the betterment of my life quality.
1) I resolve to stop staying late at work all the time.
2) I resolve to spend more time with the Rabbits.
3) I resolve to buy new furniture
4) I resolve to craft, bake and cook more – but really I resolve to take pictures of these things to post in here.
5) I resolve to try and maybe perhaps attempt to think about getting over my fear of drowning.
Well that sounds fair to me!
Item #2 is the one that is weighing on my mind more. Baron and I are searching for a new couch for our new fancypants Condo Stoat. (The one we purchased this past July). Our old Ikea-futon was great when we bought it, but now its pants are nowhere near fancy enough. My next post will give you a wonderful and couch-by-couch analysis. I know you care.
Until then – I leave you with this image of the best X-mas gift I’ve ever received. Hope your holidays were as good as mine.
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