Many ways to make and use stencils

Stencils are an easy way to make prints without having a printing press.

The prints above were created with stencils in combination with the gelatin printing plate. The words and figure are created with what I call traditional “hole” type stencils.

This was a print made from a magazine image. The purple image on the lower right is the stencils. You can see that the “holes” are where the ink is gently pushed through to the paper.

The abstract stencils above show you the “hole” stencil on the left and the cut out masking stencil on the right. I use the masking stencil in combination with the gelatin plate to make  monotype prints.

This cityscape is an example of how I use masking stencils with the gel plate for printing on paper.

I have even worked with a couple of other artists in my town to use stencils to make a few creative crosswalk in our downtown area.

So as you can see stencil are versatile. They are all about see and creating interesting shapes. If you would like to explore making stencils, then join us in the next session of the Make Stencils Workshop, online art class. Read all the details and sign up today.

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