RubberStampMadness is the original stamping magazine. Published four times a year, each issue features stamp-related themes, stories about stamping techniques, tips from expert stampers and plenty of ideas for stampers.
The staff at RubberStampMadness love what they do! They make sure each issue of RSM includes helpful and fun ideas, as well as great stamped artwork. Inspiration and creativity are their middle names.
Meet the staff:
Roberta Sperling/Rubberta Stampling was thrilled to take over the rubber reins and become editor of RSM in 1982. Four hundred stamps were part of the deal with the original owner/editor. Some of these remain in her current collection and find use on cards and artwork. Time doesn't change rubber, and Rubberta still finds plenty to get excited about in each new issue of RubberStampMadness.
Angela Schwindt contacted RSM's owners in 1991, just before they moved from Ithaca to Corvallis. Born in Oregon and an avid stamper, she welcomed the magazine to her community. After occasionally submitting artwork, writing articles and tending the RSM convention booth, she was hired as Advertising Representative in 2004. Angela considers working at RSM her "dream job" and rides her unicycle several blocks to work each day.
Kendra Schwindt, Angela's daughter, has been at RSM for the past two years. When she is not making sure subscribers receive their issues, she makes sure artists receive their work back. Outside RSM, she pursues her other passions, which include dog agility, knitting, ultimate frisbee, and Monday night unicycle hockey (with her mom).
Michael Malan started collecting rubber stamps before he even knew about RubberStampMadness. Their graphic potential intrigued him and his envelopes have never been the same since then. Along with art, Michael has a strong interest in poetry. Along with writing his own poems, in 2009 he and Peter Sears, a former RSM employee, started Cloudbank, a magazine of contemporary writing. The biannual magazine features rubber-stamped artwork on the cover, with short prose, poetry and reviews inside.
Bill Gilbert is the "jack-of-all-trades" at RSM. He handles invoicing, shipping & receiving, supply runs and other needs. He also helps with our poetry magazine, Cloudbank. A Corvallis native, he drives a 1964 Datsun truck, which he manages to keep running. (The jack-of-all trades title includes being a great car mechanic.) When he isn't driving his truck to work, he bikes.
RSM intern Rebecca Latiolait is a marketing major at Oregon State University. She's from Portland, Oregon and enjoys basketball, volleyball, skiing, snowboarding and other activities. And of course, "I love coming into the RSM office every Friday to help out!" says Rebecca.
With a passion for digital advertising, intern Jenna Janes is a New Media Communications major at Oregon State University. She's in her junior year. Jenna is new to stamping, but she's become a fan. "I found a new hobby!" she says.
Staff writers at RubberStampMadness include Christina Hecht, Diana Sample, Joyce Baldwin, Kay Young, Jackie Shenise, Karen Sweeny Jusice, Barbara Blanks and Melanie King.
A Little Rubber History
The staff at RubberStampMadness are here to serve you. All of us work together to make sure each issue of RSM includes helpful stamping ideas and great stamped artwork. Inspiration and creativity are our middle names.
RSM's history goes back to 1978 and the publication of the book, The Rubber Stamp Album by Joni K. Miller and Lowry Thompson. In 1980, Lowry launched RubberStampMadness from her home in New Caanan, Connecticut. Two years later, she sold the magazine (at that time in a 20-page newspaper format) to Roberta Sperling and Michael Malan. Lowry dubbed the new editor, Rubberta Stampling, and the name has stuck.
Since 1982, over 160 issues of RSM have been published, first from Ithaca, New York, and now from Corvallis, Oregon. The newsprint format morphed into a glossy magazine format, with artwork in full color. Two rubber stamp art books have been published along the way. First The RubberStampMadness Album of Art, next The RubberStampMadness Album of Scenic Art.
Our goal—since the very first issue—is to provide a creative forum and a helpful resource for rubber stampers worldwide.
Many stampers have made friends through the pages of RSM, and we count many friends among our readers and advertisers.