Stencil experiment

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Posted by Kenzi on April 18, 2000 at 17:23:10:

I finally got around to trying out my stencil making equipment and it was a lot harder than I expected. The problem with stencil-making is similar to those experienced while doing henna: drawing lines, keeping your hand steady, figuring out a design etc.

The process is fairly simple: you have a tool which is like a soldering iron which burns the mylar sheet and everything remaining is the stencil. I put my design on the table, put a piece of glass over that and then taped the mylar to the glass to keep it from moving. The glass is there to keep you from ruining your original and also to protect your table.

Using the stencil burner you trace the design, being careful not to make mistakes and also to plan out your design so that certain parts stay attached to keep the stencil together.

The burner is a little hard to manipulate as it doesn't flow as easily as a pen or a henna cone/bottle; it is pointy so sometimes it sticks in the myler and jerks, other times it burns too far through, sometimes not enough. Add to that the natural tremor when trying to do precise work and you can imagine the results.

Again, like with henna, I believe that with practice I can get better at it and that I should practice on simpler designs and work my way up.

I think that given the relative difficulty of making stencils, I will not bother to use them for my own henna work, but save them for friends.

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: I finally got around to trying out my stencil making equipment and it was a lot harder than I expected. The problem with stencil-making is similar to those experienced while doing henna: drawing lines, keeping your hand steady, figuring out a design etc. : The process is fairly simple: you have a tool which is like a soldering iron which burns the mylar sheet and everything remaining is the stencil. I put my design on the table, put a piece of glass over that and then taped the mylar to the glass to keep it from moving. The glass is there to keep you from ruining your original and also to protect your table. : Using the stencil burner you trace the design, being careful not to make mistakes and also to plan out your design so that certain parts stay attached to keep the stencil together. : The burner is a little hard to manipulate as it doesn't flow as easily as a pen or a henna cone/bottle; it is pointy so sometimes it sticks in the myler and jerks, other times it burns too far through, sometimes not enough. Add to that the natural tremor when trying to do precise work and you can imagine the results. : Again, like with henna, I believe that with practice I can get better at it and that I should practice on simpler designs and work my way up. : I think that given the relative difficulty of making stencils, I will not bother to use them for my own henna work, but save them for friends.

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