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Carving images idea: scratchboard

I stumbled upon this art technique that I think will translate well for erasercuts/stamp carving.   Try a google search for: scratchboard

Here are a few examples:

The work of Gregory "Artman Greg" Huff

Carving images idea: woodcuts

Google images search: woodcuts ; digital woodcuts ; woodcut style

Here are a few that I found interesting:

Carving image ideas: japanese manhole covers

KReiger on the Erascutters group had a great suggestion for inspiration carvning images:

Japanese manhole covers (aka sewer grates)

I did a google search for them and found some beautiful examples. There’s a whole Flickr pool for japanese manhole covers. Here are a few that I think would make a nice stamp:

Poll: On average how much time do you spend stamping up at a letterbox site?

Poll:

On average how much time do you spend stamping up at a letterbox site (in the wild, not table toppers)?

My first flea

Atlas Quest's flea icon

There was a recent discussion about fleas vs hitchhikers in the Atlas Quest forums. It got me thinking that I should give it a try.

The flea is an all-purpose traveller – it can go from letterboxer to letterboxer (like a cootie) OR from letterbox to letterbox (like a hitchhiker) or any combination. To log it you type in the letterbox name, city, and province/state into the “Location Caught (City, State)”.  I tested the box and you can add a letterbox name.  It would be nice if a flea had an optional “Letterbox found in:” box, but it doesn’t.

The reason I have planted hitchhikers is to watch them travel. Perhaps there will be more travelling if the stamp can travel not only between boxes but between people as well.

Here’s my first flea:

Hinterland Who’s Who: Striped Skunk

Hinterland Who’s Who: Striped Skunk (flea)

Instruction note inside cover and note on back of stamp

Back cover message and back of stamp

It has been placed in “Autopsy! Scully“.

Books – letterboxing and geocaching

Books about letterboxing and geocaching that I have read:
It's a Treasure Hunt!	It’s a treasure hunt: geocaching & letterboxing distributed by CQ Products Inexpensive book with some good information about the 2 hobbies. Includes logbook pages for your personal journal. Also includes instructions about carving your own stamp and a few stamp images to try.
Local Treasures	Local Treasures: Geocaching across America by Margot Anne Kelley Really enjoyed this coffee table book. It’s not a ‘how-to’ manual, rather it is about personal discovery, investigation and a search for understanding about this past-time and how it affects so many of us. If you enjoy letterboxing for the adventure and the discovery of new places then this book may strike a chord with you, as it did with me.
The Letterboxer's Companion	The Letterboxer’s Companion by Randy Hall aka Mapsurfer A ‘how-to’ introduction to letterboxing. Fun, quick, easy read. The author is co-founder of letterboxing.org.

Poll: On a 3 mile (5 km) letterboxing hike, how many letterboxes would you like to find? (use ‘comments’ to elaborate on your choice):

Poll:

On a 3 mile (5 km) letterboxing hike, how many letterboxes would you like to find? (use ‘comments’  at the bottom of the poll page – to elaborate on your choice)

Poll: What type of First Finder Prize do you prefer?

What type of First Finder Prize do you prefer?

Poll: Hiders, what are your reasons for retiring a box? (choose as many as apply)

Poll

Hiders, what are your reasons for retiring a box? (choose as many as apply)

Leave a comment if your reason isn’t on the list or you want to annotate your choice(s).