Stencil

"In custom painting, there&s a simple, and true, rule of thumb: The faster you complete a job, the more money you&ll make. In the courseof painting a dramatic evil skull, Cross-Eyed demonstrates everything you need to know about hand cutting stencils for faster execution of artwork, special f/x, flexibility, design accuracy, and precision.

Create original cloth for quilts or wearable art by printing with found or recycled objects from around the house or hardware store, using a variety of pigments and surface design techniques including screen printing, stamping, rubbings, monoprinting with a gelatin plate, and working with soy wax for easy batik.

Once upon a time, during the belle epoque in turn-of-the-century Paris, a short-lived film form called scenes de feeries, or fairy films, was becoming popular thanks to the Pathe Frerer company. In jewel-like colours the films, made to appeal to young and old alike, recreated the theatrical spectacles of the age with their fantastical settings, dancing girls, mythical beasts, supernatural beings and a plethora of stage tricks enhanced by the techniques of the new medium of film.