My name is Dyane Brown, a second year student from Newcastle College.
I am currently on a work placement at The Stencil Library.
I attempted stencilling back in the 80's when it was the latest fad. I quickly went off it due to the rubbish stencils that were available at the time and not really knowing what I was doing.
I now have a new found love for stenciling having being taught the correct way to do it by the Lovely Helen Morris. The vast range of very clever intricate stencils produced by her husband the genius Mr Chips has given me a whole new way at looking at stencilling and the creative ways you can use them. We have recently been making samples of the new cross stitch rose stencil.
Although I have quite a good knowledge of colour pallets and mixing colours I was quite surprised at how different the colors look when used with stencils onto backgrounds of varying colours
A good tip that Helen shared is to paint a piece of lining paper with your chosen background colour and test your stencil onto it before you do it onto the wall. This way it gives you a better idea of how it will look when finished and you can change any colours that you're not sure about. This saves you from repainting your wall and having to start again if the colours are all wrong! So if like me you have been put off stencilling in the past, give it another go, you might end up loving it and become a stencil convert like me!
Dyane
Sounds like youre enjoying your placement, Dyane. Youve got a great teacher in the lovely Helen Morris - she and Mr Chips are very talented. Looking forward to seeing some of your projects on the blog.
Posted by: jeanne | January 16, 2012 at 07:20 PM
Well, I had to publish Jeanne's comment. To get described as the 'lovely Helen' twice in a post is a rare occasion.
There will be another student project published very soon.
Posted by: stencil helen | January 17, 2012 at 09:58 AM
Helen,
I love that stencil. When will it be for sale? We are buying a house in the states the end of January, and I will have an empty pallet to do what I want as we will not move in permanently until the end of the year(still in Qatar)
Posted by: Karen Fenter | January 18, 2012 at 12:59 PM
Hi Karen, It's for sale now. Orders can be placed by emailing us and we will charge via PayPal. Credit card orders can be placed by phone or fax. I'll copy this info in a private email to you. All our contact details can be found on www.stencil-library.com and www.stencil-library.co.uk
Our emaiil is also on the blog sidebar.
The size of tapestry rose stencil shown in the photos is 20.5 inches by 22, we can make other sizes. In the 22 inch size the stencil has 5 overlays and costs £130.00. One of the benefits of a stencil made from circles is that the bridges between the holes rarely break. So, it should last a long time. Maybe different colours can be used in different locations. Anyway, it is a lovely stencil and I will put together a room set then publish it on this blog very soon.
Posted by: stencil helen | January 18, 2012 at 02:33 PM