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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Making a Stencil

I made this sketch awhile ago, you may recognize the design from the Shrinky Dink necklace I had made for my granddaughter.  My intention was to make a stencil with this design.  The day had come.  I shaded in the areas to cut out, this changed the design--it got a little too complicated (I tend to do that), so I had to simplify a bit. 
I cut a piece from an old tinted roll of plastic or acetate, that I had held onto, (I tend to do that), I suppose it once blocked the sun for a  large picture window?  I taped my sketch over the plastic and cut it out with an exacto knife.
To have the stencil temporarily stick to the wall, I bought a can of repositional spray adhesive to spray on the back side--I'd never used this adhesive before, but it helps to achieve crisp lines, (after spraying the adhesive, you do need to let it sit for a few minutes before using the stencil)--also the sticky backing doesn't remain sticky for that long--I found I had to respray with the adhesive each time I used the stencil.

I've always like stencils--I might experiment with more or even cut this same design out in another way?
I recently watched a documentary, Exit Through the Gift Shop, where an obsessive film maker, Thierry Guetta, follows and films street artists--there's more to the movie, but I loved the stencils of "Banksy", a British street artist, who inspired me to finish my small idea with this stencil.

10 comments:

michaela said...

i have an urge to turn this into a silk screen. i mean it's the same thing kinda. You could even make a cheater silk screen and cut the same stencil out with contact paper and stick it on the screen--then we could have t-shirts :)

Susan Beauchemin said...

I like the shirt idea! I could do a silk screen!

Susan Beauchemin said...

I like the shirt idea! I could do a silk screen!

martha miller said...

Sue - do you like the shirt idea? Could you do a silkscreen? :*D

martha miller said...

(very cool image. it looks like a series of drawings i did years ago in one of my journals - i'll have to dig them out and scan them to show you......)

Susan Beauchemin said...

I could do a silkscreen!

Susan Beauchemin said...

I could do a silkscreen!

martha miller said...

I like the shirt idea!

martha miller said...

I like the shirt idea!

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