Stencils and Stamps.

I don't usually like to use commercial stencils, preferring to make the art all my own work. However I recently purchased some much more intricate stencils, ones that I could never cut out myself and combined them with my own hand cut stamps and masks. 'A Matter of Balance' above, is one such piece, with 4 commercial stencils plus stamps and the dancing central figure mask.

 The background in the above print was made from crumpled wax paper and I then stamped over my own carved stamps. It may not be completely finished, I'm not sure yet.