I only purchased one package at that time.
The material is very flexible and yet sturdy. It was thicker than I am use to using.
I carved a simple S with the material. Truth be told I thought I would have nothing good to say about this medium.
I got caught in a one lane, lead car directed construction site. I had a very long wait and decided to take a good look at this material. In the car I have a sharpie and an old rusted exacto knife. Which was very dull.
So I drew a "S" backwards and cut away at the block. Surprisingly it cut and cut cleanly. I used the rusty exacto knife and carved up a simple s. The s took well, It did not crumble, and wear easily. I stamped it with marker and ink when I got home.
The ink stamped very well. Very easy to ink and stamp. Stamped it 100 times without the image changing,
I had a friend pick up a couple more so I could try transfer methods.
Acetone, wintergreen, or xylene transfers did not work. I was only able to get a pencil transfer to work.
There is definately a use for this very inexspensive. (the ones I picked up were .49 for 3)
The size is small, but for:
- background designs
- some LTCs
- Stamps without fine details
- temporary plants
- new carvers to learn on
- kid carving
- Carving on the road.
I did not use gouges with this material just a dull exacto.
I do not recommended with markers. In my opinion the image/stamp would wear away quickly as it will peel. It is an eraser and I used it to erase the pencil transfer. There was eraser debris. So it will wear away. Limited or short term use.
