Stampscapes
Gallery
Stampscapes is a stamp company that
provides finely detailed images that are scaled and proportionate for
scene building. The scenery and subject matter is diverse enough to
keep any stamp artist busy making an infinite number of compositions
for years! Scenes can be built on miniature tiles, or as large as
murals!
Tonya Weakley is Peddlers Den's Stampscapes
Specialist and Instructor.
"Stampscapes is the only
stamp line, and the related techniques are the only techniques, that
I never get bored with," she says.
Kevin Nakagawa is the artist behind Stampscapes, and the owner of the
company. To see his work, visit www.stampscapes.com. To learn this
fascinating technique, contact Tonya at Peddlers Den. She has been
teaching Stampscapes since approx. 1995, and it remains her favorite
line. She offers beginner to advanced skill level classes, from a
simple hour and a half project class to all day MegaClasses,
workshops and retreats. Groups often make arrangements to travel to
Peddlers Den from surrounding states for private classes.
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Pictured at the left is Tonya Weakley
with Kevin Nakagawa at the 2010 Stampscapes Retreat in
Chicago.
When asking Tonya about her experience at
this workshop, she said,
"Sometimes I
need the opportunity to go and reinvigorate my own level of
creativity. This retreat was an opportunity for me to do
that. Kevin helped me find ways of using some images that
had always been a challenge for me. He also shared some tips
and techniques that will enable me to do even better work,
and to bring new things to my customers. I am so excited,
and looking so forward to doing exactly
that!"
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Hot
Tropics, by Tonya Weakley
My
hot tropics scenes take you to the exotic land of palms, grass huts,
spear fishermen and more. The color scheme is HOT, and relies heavily
on red and opposite colors on the color wheel. The colors are
dramatic and aggressive. This class includes advanced use of color,
and is not recommended for inexperienced stampers. We strongly
suggest that you take our all day class before considering the Hot
Tropics.
Quick Scapes
This
is a brayered background class, and even though we have chosen to use
Stampscapes images, you can use any stamps to make cards like these.
We have chosen to use Stampscapes partially to show you various ways
of using the same stamps. These cards are amazingly fast to make.
They require little or no masking and no blending. Everyone must
have their own 6" soft rubber brayer.
Northwoods
& Tree Scenes
Framable
Art
Hand Blended Backgrounds
Other
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The card at the left was replicated from
a card made by Marge Dady at the Chicago Retreat. I am
looking into bringing the snow leopard stamp, and other
images from Coronado Island, into Peddlers Den. I actually
was introduced to a half dozen stamp companies this weekend
that I hope to bring into Peddlers Den!
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Winter
Stampscapes
Winter
stampscapes are monochromatic, reflecting the lack of color present
during the winter season in our northern states. They feature bare
branched trees, harsh mountain peaks and fir trees. Life still exists
in this cold, dormant world, and that is illustrated by the deer that
venture in. The cards are embellished with transparent glitter, to
enhance the icy, snowy season and the sun glinting off of
it.
What Our Students Say,
& Our Student Gallery:
Marge Dady
"Some friends and I took a Stampscapes class recently at
the Peddler's Den in Somanauk, IL. The owner and instructor, Tonya
Weakley, does fantastic work. We truly enjoyed the class and learning
the techniques of scene building and color application using the
ColorBox stylus and applicator tips. These are my attempt to
replicate some of her designs. They aren't as good as the original,
but I like them and had fun learning." --Marge
Trena Brannon
"The projects were appropriate for
beginner or advanced stampers. The instructor made the students feel
comfortable and made us feel that we could achieve the techniques and
be creative and experiment."
What others are saying about the all day
class:
"Even though I would have liked to have created more scenes (I
kept messing up), I REALLY do like not being rushed. I loved learning
the coloring techniques." Sue Morgan
"Fantastic class. Well conducted, organized. Thank you!" Pat
Persin
"Tonya was very patient with me when I was unsure of coloring
techniques which made me feel better and made a great comfortable
learning environment. I look forward to attending all the future
classes!" Aaron Giltjes-Wilson
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