Events

We are so excited to announce  West Elm market has picked up our Product of the Year Repeat Pattern stencils! Come to the launch party event where we will demo various ways to use the stencils in home decor and to keep it crafty, we will also be hosting a DIY event where you get to make stenciled cards with our smaller sized geometric pattern stencils.

More information to come!

Saturday May 9th
1:00 – 4:00 pm
West Elm MARKET in Brooklyn, NY

Market Brklyn
50 Washington St
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 522-3498

RSVP today!

GQ asked me to do 8 custom paintings for a GAP event they were curating for a San Francisco location. They wanted stencil paintings of San Francisco imagery and the canvas was to be Gap’s new khakis. This is a dreamy project for me not only because of the client but also because I used to live in San Francisco and have a big place in my heart for this city and because I often paint on tarps, see some of my art below.

So painting I can handle, but deconstructing and then reconstructing the khakis to be canvases, not my expertise. Enter Saira Huff. Designer and Super Seamstress to the rescue! A friend connected us and we clicked, she got exactly how the canvases should look. Hints of pant elements, not too much, use of the inner materials a bit, all just spot on. Check out her new store if you are in Brooklyn for vintage and custom finds.

Pants before

Saira with pants after or canvas

a shot from Saira’s shop, Vintage Punk relics, custom work, go check it out

I then started planning which stencils will go with which color khaki/canvas as well as how I can incorporate some layering and pattern into the pieces. I wanted the pattern involved as SF has so much life and history and the unique people that inhabit the city provide it so much influence and culture.

I used my new stencil brushes for the job, so excited to have designed these quality brushes!

As soon as I set up to start painting (I paint larger paintings on the floor), Larry has to be involved. Faithful assistant…

Scallop patterns for sea and air…

I use a variety of brushes when I make a painting to get different textures into the piece…

After I layer some pattern in, I like to paint a loose silhouette layer. This will get a more defined stencil detail layer over it but here’s where I add movement and some energy to the piece. In this case, the power of the cityscape within the charming SF landscape.

Then the detail gets painted in…

And here it is stretched…

Painting the Painted Ladies was fun too, I love the old Victorians on San Francisco.

Stretching canvas and stapling it is pretty satisfying…

Then they were done!  Shipped off to San Francisco, my second home, for a fun time with GQ and the Gap!

And here are images from the Gap event sent to me by my friend Katie Elks and my brother Charles.

I like how the Gap displayed the art in the midst of the khakis.

In January we were lucky enough to have a booth in Maker Space at the CHA Megashow. The Stencil1 team had an incredible experience during our time there and we wanted to share some of the highlights with you!

We flew into LA on Thursday night and were up early on Friday morning to set up our booth. Our booth was in the Maker Space which was a wonderful area that celebrated creativity, innovation, and customization. The Maker Space was curated by Sarah Hodsdon, who is is the smartest and most supportive gal I know. She made the Maker Space an unbelievably fun and creative area!

Two things we were extremely excited about were the debut of our award-winning repeat pattern stencils and tools, and playing with our paint to stencil made by Pebeo Paint, who were our paint sponsor during CHA. Everyone who visited the booth had a blast experimenting with their fabric paints.

One of the highlights of our trip was participating in the FaveCrafts Blogger Networking Event. We connected with so many wonderful artists and bloggers from around the country and hope to collaborate with many of them in the future!

Some of the most memorable times of the show happened during our make-and-takes. We made a lot of friends and had great conversation with all the visitors who stenciled a tote bag at our booth. Not to mention, I had the honor of getting a pic with craft guru Jo Pearson and got a squeeze from my dear and talented friend Candie Cooper.

All in all we had a fabulous show, met so many wonderful buyers, artists, crafters- a great time!

We’re excited to announce we will be at the CHA Megashow in Anaheim, CA. Come see
our new stencils and premium tools. We will be at MAKER SPACE  booth 911-06.

See you there!

It’s Celebrity Week at Michaels which means 7 days of sav­ings for you! Today is OUR day and we’re bounc­ing off the walls because we can’t wait to share our prod­ucts with you. Get 40% off Stencil1 Sten­cils and FolkArt Acrylic Paints today only! You can visit any Michaels store in the US or Canada. No coupons necessary!

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