Saturday, December 23, 2006
Stencilling
In contrast to the freehand tags and throw-ups that are so common, some people do most of their work in private - carefully cutting out a stencil, sometimes simple, sometimes detailed. I suppose that this allows quicker execution of the graffiti in the field, without the need for as much illumination.
Interestingly (to me anyway), a technique that would seem to lend itself to mass production of tags is not used in this way - I have rarely seen stencilling repeated (with the exception of 'THINK" backwards, which is not uncommon. Stencilling also lends itself to commentary, and is used sometimes for this purpose.
Given my own (admittedly limited) artistic abilities - if I felt the need to spraypaint my existence somewhere - a stencil - perfected in private, promptly painted in the dark, would be my likely point of entry.
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What an awesome idea! As you said, a great point of entry! Hope you follow through (and take pictures of it).
Very nice pics -- keep up the good work.
I like the flower - is it painted? It looks different.
Yes it is not normal spray paint. It had a very organic look, almost like flocking
WikiDefn - " Flocking" is the process of depositing millions of little individual cut fiber particles (called "flock") onto the surface of an article for the purpose of increasing its value in terms of the tactile sensation, aesthetics, color and appearance.
This graffiti looked like it included something like iron filings that had oxidized/rusted to give it it's unusual appearance.
It says No Such Photos Found on this post. How do we activate the pix?
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