ARTIST ALLEY STAMP pROJECT
Inspired by eki/train station stamps in Japan, the Artist Alley Stamp project is a free interactive art project to share at conventions and live events. Each year I will create a new stamp that will be available for free to visitors at my table at shows. I’ll pick a unique color for each show. Visitors can stamp their own paper or book, take a pre-made stamp print, or when available, receive a passport book from me!
I would love to see other artists create their own stamps to share and for visitors to come back show after show to get a new stamp! I’m kicking it off with the Chinese Zodiac, starting with Year of the Rabbit in 2023!
2025 - Happy Year of the Snake! I’m still selecting my colors for this years shows, starting with STAPLE! in April! Also, since I canceled from Anime Matsuri last year, my passport books will have a bonus 2024 Dragon stamp in them!!!
2024 - Happy Year of the Dragon! For this design I played around with symmetry and tried to reflect the numeral shapes of 2 and 4 in the dragon’s composition! I also found some really great earth tone papers at Austin Creative Reuse for the individual prints!
Stamping up passport style collection books!
2024 YEAR OF THE DRAGON - mock up in Shady Lane Green for Blue Genie Art Bazaar
2024 YEAR OF THE DRAGON - Anime Matsuri, Onyx Black
2023 YEAR OF THE RABBIT - San Japan, San Antonio Texas, Chianti Red
2023 YEAR OF THE RABBIT - A-Kon in Irving Texas, Twilight Blue
I’ve found that Versa Fine Clair ink pads reproduce the most details. Here’s their pallet I chose from.