Relief Stamp Tools?

[dlamet]

I'm a novice to relief carving. I've seen carvings with relief texture in parts of them. I believe that these textures were made by metal stamps, but I've been unsuccessful in finding any on the web, other than letters of the alphabet. Is there another term that's more commonly used?

Thanks, Dan

[CarverRog]

I have used leather stamps before on softwood. You can find them on ebay reasonable.

[mdallensr]

Woodcraft has carvers punches to do texturing. I've seen a lot of home-made tools too. Mike

Carver's Punches - Woodcraft.com

[Coffeeman]

Most of the wood carving suppliers have a set of texturing stamps.

[Ron Davidson]

Woodcarvers Supply has a set of them. Go To Wood Carvers Supply, Inc.
Ron

[dlamet]

That's exactly what I need (both options). Thanks for the quick feedback!

Dan

[Donald Smalley]

Originally Posted by dlamet

I'm a novice to relief carving. I've seen carvings with relief texture in parts of them. I believe that these textures were made by metal stamps, but I've been unsuccessful in finding any on the web, other than letters of the alphabet. Is there another term that's more commonly used?

Thanks, Dan

If you look around your garage or house you can find some things that will work just fine. Nail heads work OK, bigger ones have heads with marking on them, just cut the sharpe end off then use it or anything else that you can find, you might be supprised how many different things you can find right at home. Don

[rbloch66]

I made my own, fairly simply.

I got a hold of some 3/8 square metal stock... about 12" and cut it into 3" lengths. Then I filed a criss-cross pattern on one of the ends of each piece using a really small file. It's a little difficult, but then again, for the type of texture, perfection isn't required. The key is to take light strokes at first till you get a bit of a groove.

Lastly, I ground the shapes I wanted on the end of the metal, one round, one triangle, and I left one square. The advantage of this is that you can tailor it to your specific need.

Crude, but very effective and it produces a nice even texture.

Cost: around $3
Time: about 5-15 min per punch

[papasar]

The latest issue of WCI has an article on texturing tools.
Bill K.

[Shimmy]

I use a stove bolt 3/8 by 3-4 inches long and grind and file them.Then you have a nice head to hit on.