I chose 4 designs to base the stencils on. I cut them out in freezer paper and lightly ironed them in place on the papers.
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Top left Zigzag design from page 17
Centre Square design from page 23
Top right Circle design from page 23
Bottom Celtic design form page 15
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Layered circle and Celtic stencils on pink painted paper with acrylic paints.
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Layered zigzag and square stencils on blue painted background, with acrylic paints and Markal paint sticks.
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Circle stencil with acrylic paints and Markal paint sticks on painted background.
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Zigzag stencil and circle stencil on painted background with Markal paint sticks.
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Top left - circle stencil with acrylic paints and Markal paint sticks.
Centre - zigzag and square stencils with acrylic paints.
Top right - zigzag and square stencils with acrylic paints.
Bottom - zigzag and Celtic stencils with acrylic paints and Markal paint sticks.
The following prints have all been created onto white cotton, using a gelliplate. The process was a bit confusing to start with as I didn't realise I needed to reverse the order of creating layers. In fact, on the gelliplate I created each layer by masking out the layer below using the stencils. I took the print after using the stencils multiple times and I enjoyed watching the build up of patterns as I layered the stencils. I used acrylic paint throughout.
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Wide toothed comb used to create lattice design on base layer. Square stencil used as mask.
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Zigzag and circle stencils used.
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Square stencil and kitchen roll used to create patterns.
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Book of Kells stencil used to create layers.
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Circle and square stencils used to create layers.
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Circle and square stencils used vertically and horizontally.
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I needed an extra background in chapter 5, which I have inserted here. It was created using a gelliplate and acrylic paints, using one of the printing block created in chapter 2.
