Cafe Royal 'Rubber Stamps' by Stephen Fowler

My Rubber Stamps book for Cafe Royal came out in the Summer. I'm over the moon with it.
Thanks to Craig Atkinson, the fantastic publisher and photographer.

Rubber Stamps
11cm x 8cm x 1.5cm
Hand made tray with lift off lid, both 1500 micron card.
Coated with Amethyst Wibalin Buckram
Foil blocked in flat black

edition of 50

Contents:
32pp zine, b/w digital
a selection of hand made prints and badges

each box contains different prints and badges. Some contain more of one and fewer of the other. Max two badges, min one badge.

The stamp impressions are all from the Minnesota Centre for Book Arts Scott Helmes and Picasso Gaglione Stamp Archive.

You can buy the book here.

The S.Helmes & W.Gaglione Stamp Archive is one of the largest repositories of rubber stamps and stamp-related materials in the world. Comprised of hundreds of commercial and one-of-a-kind boxed sets and over 70,000 individual stamps spanning a period of 120 years, the H/G Archive is both comprehensive and incredibly diverse. In addition to physical stamps, the collection includes original stamp art, artists’ books, limited-edition publications, journals, catalogs, reference materials, correspondence art, assemblings, design specifications, posters, and production materials.

More Exhibitions at MCBA - Scott Helmes and William ‘Picasso’ Gaglione, MCBA’s H/G Archive.

In the Minnesota Centre For Book Arts library a number of Scott Helmes and William ‘Picasso’ Gaglione Archive stamps, and stamp pads were exhibited. 

Take a look at the antique stamp pad tins - fantastic graphics. 

Pre-Biennial Workshop: Alternative Printmaking with Rubber Stamps. MCBA

Part of my residency at MCBA, I was invited to run a 2 day rubber stamp workshop. 

Over the course of this two-day workshop you will explore the creative potential of rubber stamp printing. We will carve rubber stamps from erasers, make single-color and multi-color stamp prints, and have exclusive access to MCBA’s S. Helmes and W. Gaglione Rubber Stamp Archive to use as inspiration or/and integrate with your own print impressions. There will be time to bind the group’s work in a limited edition pamphlet book.

Here are some of the workshopper's outcomes. 

Several participants made Artistamps. 

Unusual Finds from the H/G Rubber Stamp Archive, Minnesota Centre for Book Arts.

In amongst the treasure troves, I found these curiosities. 

1. A Rubber Stamp traveling salesman's suit case. 

2. French School Stamps. 

3. A Spam Rubber Stamp

4. Wheel Stamps and Cube Stamps 

Inside the boxes from the H/G Rubber Stamp Archive, Minnesota Centre for Book Arts.

Over the length of the 4 week residency I gradually opened all the boxes in the archive. Each held a treasure trove of rubber stamp surprises.