Transfer Images for Eraser Carving

Draw your image using pencil and make any adjustments. When you are happy with the finished image make sure that there is a single, thick and bold pencil line. If necessary, trace the image onto a clean sheet of paper.

There are a number of ways of transferring the design onto the eraser, although they each follow the same principle of rubbing over the pencil line to leave a mark on the eraser. The option that you pick will depend on how you want the finished image to look. Remember that a rubber stamp stamps the mirror image of the design on the stamp (words, for instance, will be in mirror image on a stamp, but when stamped the words appear correctly).

See the next page for more information.