Advice on sourcing ink stamps

yellowdog · Post by **yellowdog** » Fri May 23, 2008 12:34 pm

Before I go to Plan B and go to the local Office Max/Depot or a random internet business to have rubber ink stamps made up, I'd prefer to find a burner business to support, who will be better able to advise me about what size lettering/type of ink/ etc. works best on dusty skin, knows what a 'burning man logo' looks like, that sort of thing. I've searched e-playa, and the resource guide with no luck, but I'm pretty sure I remember seeing a burner-owned ink stamp company mentioned 3-4 years ago in the resource guide. Anyone know of anyone?

skibear · Post by **skibear** » Fri May 23, 2008 9:13 pm

yellowdog, you might want to go to burningman.com
and go to Theme Camps for these guys:

Brand-UR-Ass 'N More

hey they have been "branding" (ie stamping with rubber ink stamps)
bare asses for years ! Maybe e-mail their contact.

HTH

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Thu May 29, 2008 6:19 am

Sounds like you might have a fairly detailed design in mind, but if you're up for it you can try making your own...Go to an art supply or drafting store and pick up some white Staedler-Mars synthetic erasers and an X-Acto knife and carve your design (backwards!) yourself! Glue the resulting stamp to a wood block for support.
You can also make stamps by sculpting your design/text into Plasticene clay and casting it in latex or "hobby rubber". Bring a tight-sealing box to keep your stamp pads in so they don't dry out!

yellowdog · Post by **yellowdog** » Sat May 31, 2008 9:42 pm

Thanks, I got a good tip about burner friendly Nevada Rubber Stamp Co. from Camp Brand-ur-ass.
And thanks, Robotland, for advice that includes the intriguing concepts of latex, "hobby rubber" and a tight-sealing box. Now I'll never get to sleep tonight