Hand Carved Letter set by Ruud Janssen

This set I carved in the eind 90-ies and I used the eraser carved stamps in many letters. Found them back in the collections of the TAM Rubberstamp Archive because I am bringing all eraser carved stamps into several boxes

 

Above you see one of the boxes with some carved stamps. A historic collection with also works from other mail-artists that donated their word to the Archive. 

Mad in Bosnia

Erasercarved stamp by Ruud Janssen, "Mad in Bosnia", made during the war in Bosnia in the 90-ies

Eraser Carved Rubberstamp - By Ruud Janssen

Discoverd an older rubber stamp I carved in the 90-ies. It is still in good condition. I print all the original rubberstamps that are in the TAM Rubberstamp Archive also to keep their cndition good. The oil in the ink makes the rubber live longer. If you don't do that, they will just fall to pieces (just like that!).
The Rubberstamp is of course only finished when you put your original fingerprints inside the open spot....

Eberhard Seifried - Germany

handcarved eraser stamp by Eberhard Seifried (Germany). Donation to the TAM Archive 1996.

Portrait Carving by Jem - USA

portrait of Ruud Janssen , carved by Jem (USA). Donation to the TAM archive 1998

Eraser carved rubber stamps

Two samples of eraser carved rubber stamps by Ruud Janssen. After decades, they are still operational and are used on outgoing mail-art.