TECHNIQUE
Hand-Cut Stencils Over Acrylic Skins There are so many ways to create handmade stencils. Another one of my favorite materials to use it Tyvek. I recycle mailing envelopes made of Tyvek and cut out fun shapes. The material is durable and also can be used for collage elements after they’ve been painted, or burned with a heat gun to create quilt embellishments. In this exercise we use flower stencils cut from Tyvek to print some fun acrylic skins on Plexi. See the acrylic skins exercises in the beginning of this section for more information.
OPEN acrylic paint
Creative Toolbox
11" × 14" (28cm × 36cm) sheet of Plexiglas soft rubber brayer
Tyvek handcut flower stencils Collage Pauge acrylic skins
STEP 1: Prepare Plate
Roll out two colors of acrylic paint onto the Plexiglas plate using a soft rubber brayer. Place handcut Tyvek stencils over the wet paint.