April 08, 2004
Photographic Stencil (HowTo)
Stenciling, the non-sentimental type offers lots of opportunities for the fiber artist. A series of tutorials by The Stencil Revolution takes you through the steps of Converting a color photo to a single layered stencil with Photoshop. Once you have the image, there is a second lesson on how to cut your stencil. Prochem offers directions on how to use the stencil with fabric paint.
Still unsure of what to do with the stencil on fiber? Here are some great examples:
Miriam Shapiro: Mother Russia
Lauren Camp: Quilt Portraits
Patricia Autenrieth lots of different uses, but especially Chameleon
image: Mao #91 by Andy Warhol
Posted by sfenton at April 8, 2004 09:18 AMGreat reference for making stencils with Photoshop. I've done them on mulberry paper (John Marshall teaches the technique) but either drew the original image or used a traditional Japanese pattern. The techniques at StencilRevolution will certainly enhance my repetoire.
Posted by: june at April 9, 2004 12:52 AM