The Stampsmith is Estelle Lander Smith. I started my company in 1999. I was an avid rubber stamper, probably just like you. I took classes, went to conventions, stamped pieces and submitted them to magazines. It was a great way to express my creative side.

   Then one day I thought how much fun would it be to create a sheet of stamps and see if others liked them. So I turned images of Shakespeare heroines that I had into rubber and sold them on Ebay. Stampers bought them. I made more and they sold too.

   It was time to make a website. And so, The Stampsmith was born. I work closely with my sister company, The Stamping Ground. Together, we've been producing the Greater New York Art Rubber Stamp Show for the past 11 years. I also collaborate with Jack Sherman at The Block Association ~ take a look at the wit and whimsy there.

   The Stampsmith is known for remarkably high quality rubber. When people see cards stamped with Stampsmith photostamps, they are often shocked to learn they're looking at a rubber-stamped image and not an acutal photograph. That's because the stamp-making process we use is unique in its ability to translate a photo into a mesh of finely packed dots. Stamp on glossy cardstock with dye ink and you will get similar results.

   You'll find the Stampsmith at several rubber stamp conventions along the East Coast every year. Check the Conventions page for details.

   Often at these shows, stampers would ask me how they could have vintage family photographs turned into the same type of rubber stamps they'd see at the booth. So now The Stampsmith offers custom stamp-making.

   It's been a joy to sell Stampsmith stamps to crafters in Norway, Brazil, Australia, Holland, New Zealand and more.

   Home is Huntington, New York, on beautiful Long Island, where I live with my teenage sons, Nathan and Gabriel.

Estelle

Estelle in rubber