This stamp and journal project features a series of small metal stamps, each hand-etched with a family role—wife, bride, grandma, daughter, and others—using a dremel on scrap metal bars. The stamps were used to imprint leather covers for thirty unique journals, each titled by a familial identity. Inside, hand-stitched pages held prompts about ancestral stories, immediate family dynamics, and the ways personal values are shaped by that history.
Released quietly alongside a local “Your Life” newspaper feature, the journals functioned as both a promotional experiment and a design intervention—offering recipients a tactile, private space to notice how roles, memory, and loyalty to family narratives inform everyday choices. The project reflects Anita’s interest in blending craft, narrative, and gentle inquiry to help people see their lives and environments through a more reflective, grounded lens.
