Bonnie Mackintosh

It's Autumn and time for your next decoration technique “taster”: SIMPLE STENCILLING. I think that Stencilling is one of the most enjoyable techniques, and one with the greatest scope for experimentation.

 

Suitable Materials to Use as Stencils

Found Objects - leaves, ferns, lace, string, pieces of shaped metal or plastic…..anything that works for you!

Re-usable Templates (for Wet or Dry Work) - purpose-cut by you! - pieces of thin card (from cereal boxes, etc) or thin plastic.

Paper (not so easily re-used if wet) – either purpose-cut (i.e. "snowflake", heart shape, etc.) or cut in strips, wedges, etc., for an abstract effect. I find newspaper best.

 

Have ready:

• a pre-enamelled blank;
• sifting area (clean magazine paper, powdered enamels, sieve)
• a pair of fine tweezers (surgical tweezers available from chemists are good)
• fine scissors (as for embroidery)
• palette knife,
• stilt,
• pre-heated kiln
• stencilling material (see above)

 

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