Stencil1 goes West! Yes, we are headed to San Francisco and Seattle to promote Stencil 101 Decor! So many great events are taking place before the holidays and we are happy to take part in them. Check out all these events and come say hi. I’ll be at all these events, signing books and doing some demos! Hope to see you there! – Ed Roth
That’s right, it’s time for to celebrate the launch of Stencil 101 Decor, our second book published by Chronicle Books! I will do a demo while you eat stenciled edibles, drink from the bar, and stencil on cards or grasscloth to make your own art print! I’ll be signing books, this is a great holiday gift for the creative and decorative people in your life! Hope to see you there!
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 4-6pm
powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Brooklyn
Ed Roth and Stencil1 offer a DIY event for all ages with stencils from Stencil 101 and Stencil 101 Décor.
I took a trip to Muji the other day to buy some plain items that I could stencil. I found these simple pillow cases that I thought would be perfect to stencil a design onto from the new book. I am not sure why I am on such a turquoise kick, but I used it again to paint with! For this project, all you need is fabric paint, a stencil brush, a stencil and a pillowcase. I stenciled a design on each side just to test both out and voila! Check it out.
I felt it important to show you just what you get in the new book so here are some quick pics of the stencils pulled out of their folder. You get 10 precut plastic stencils(in addition to the awesome pictures and how-to’s ! ). Each stencil is large, 11 inches by 11 inches. The black and white pages you see are just inserts between the stencils for you to see the designs. I am about to get all these stencils covered in paint, I am making 200 tote bags! I’ll show that next post. Hope that helps!
I was contacted by the lovely gals who make up Design*Sponge recently to be considered for their sneak peek section of the site. This is where they show you the design interiors of designers. How flattering to be asked! Well, I immediately started cleaning! Luckily, over the last year or two, I have been getting rid of a lot of junk or at least storing it in my studio. Well, I shot the place and pointed out some of my favorite objets and added in a little bit of my design philosophy. They took that and made this wonderful article of it, I hope you like it. Thank you Design*Sponge!
Hexagon stencil used on wall at home
Tweet! tweet! Are you all about Twitter? It’s fun and addictive so we are having a contest that is all about it. We are giving away an advanced, signed copy of Stencil 101 Decor! Well, to start, STEP1 is you can follow me, Ed Roth, on Twitter @edstencil1. Now to win, make sure to do STEP 2 - send me a tweet “@edstencil1: I love Stencil101 Decor…” and add whatever else you’d like to the end of the sentence. I’ll pick a winner in a week so please tweet before Friday Nov 13th! Also, make sure to check out our events calendar to the left for book launch events and leave me a post here just for fun! Can’t wait to share a copy with the lucky winner! Thanks, Ed
Last night I did a one hour stencil demo at the grand opening of Michaels, their first store in Manhattan. The store is spectacular, well worth a visit- Very geared towards the New York audience. Well the staff deserves big praise, they helped me the entire night and we had fun together showing people how to stencil tote bags, cards, t-shirts, and a pumpkin! Check out the pictures! Thanks Chronicle Books and Michaels!
Yes, Michaels is opening it’s first Manhattan store! I will be doing a book signing and demo on Sunday October 25th at 7pm in the store so please come by. I will be stenciling t-shirts, totebags, cards, maybe a pumpkin, whatever I get my hands on! This should be a fun weekend, please stop by!
I just got my preview copy of Stencil 101 Decor..and, seriously, you’re going to want this book. Bad. It is so beautifully packaged and put together..and did I mention 11 inch square, plastic stencils?! Yup..I know I’m going to be doing some real crafty damage! I’ve already put together a new curtain for my office..there’s a step by step how-to here. and I’m working on a video..don’t wan to say yet what it’s all about..but it will feature these new designs! I’ll keep you posted..oh, and Ed! You Rock!!
Hugo Boss went DIY for this in-store event they held during Fashion’s Night Out. Stencil1 provided them with orange and black Stencil1 Sprayer fabric spraypaint and cut a custom stencil of their Hugo Boss Orange logo. Customers could make their own custom t-shirts!
Custom Hugo Boss Orange Stencil by Stencil1
Hugo Boss event with Stencil1 stencils
Hugo Boss event with Stencil1 stencils
This new piece appeared last week in Tottenham area of London. I was on a vacation, uh, Holiday, there and had to see for myself! The piece shows two children playing catch with a “no ball games” sign. This is a commentary on signs being posted near the estates in the area banning ball playing. Clever.
When I went to see it at night, the piece was protected by plastic. Check it out.
Banksy new piece in Tottenham
Banksy piece covered in protective plastic
Today the fedex man delivered me a great surprise, an advance copy of my new book Stencil 101 Decor! Chronicle Books deserves a packaging design award for this one! You just have to see it! The new decor book comes with 10 precut stencils designed to repeat. You can create a great wallpaper effect using just one stencil! This book is scheduled to reach shelves November 1. You can pre-order it today. Hope you like it!
I’ve posted earlier how Erica Domesek of P.S. – I Made This totally hooked it up by asking me to cut some of my stencil designs for the Sharpie DIY Fashion booth inside the tents at Fashion Week. Well, I went to the booth today to help out and stencil some stuff. I met the Sharpie people and a ton of fashionistas plowing into the booth to give it a go! Betsy Johnson provided a t-shirt that people also could stencil on. Check out all the pictures!
Teen Vogue will take over Bleecker street for FASHION’S NIGHT OUT with some help from Stencil1! Come by the DIY Fashion Bar and stencil some fashion accessories and clothes using our patterns, letters, and imagery!
Thursday Evening September 10th Bleecker Street, NYC
At 6pm the stores open and 7pm watch a Fashion Show!
As a part of FASHION NIGHT’S OUT, Stencil1 has donated a bunch of fun stencils for a DIY Bar happening Thursday 9/10/09 from 10am-11:30 am at Tia’s Place with QuickSilver located in Grand Central Station. Stencil patterns and graphics onto accessories using markers and paints.
As PS- I Made This says “CRAFT! CREATE! COME HANG!” Donuts served!
