Stencil art is one of humanity’s oldest creative forms. Some of our species’ first artists used stencil art techniques when they placed their hands on cave walls and blew ground minerals over them, coating the rock in blooms of red or black pigment and leaving behind their ghostly palmprints. Fast-forward some 30,000 years and stencil art techniques remain essentially unchanged. Using a sheet of cardboard, plastic, or metal with a pattern or letters cut out is surprisingly versatile, allowing craftspeople to color cloth, illustrate manuscripts, print t-shirts, and create some fantastic street art. Let’s take a quick look at this rich history. And once you’ve gotten a bit of inspiration, we’ll share some common stencil art techniques and show you how to create stencil art of your own. “You Leave a Part of Yourself”: Blek Le Rat, Banksy, and the
Stencil art is one of humanity’s oldest creative forms. Some of our species’ first artists used stencil art techniques when they placed their hands on cave walls and blew ground minerals over them, coating the rock in blooms of red or black pigment and leaving behind their ghostly palmprints. Fast-forward some 30,000 years and stencil art techniques remain essentially unchanged. Using a sheet of cardboard, plastic, or metal with a pattern or letters cut out is surprisingly versatile, allowing craftspeople to color cloth, illustrate manuscripts, print t-shirts, and
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