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What is A Plaster Stencil?
- Plaster stencils are good for creating murals which have repeated patterns such as trees, columns, leaves and frames. Any design which will benefit from repitition.
- They can of course be used for one off projects too and the reason you would do this is to build up plaster layers creating the illusion of depth. The layers which assist in the creation of depth are called overlays.
- Any surface that is raised in this maner is a mecca for an airbrush artist and the designs can support many painting techniques.
- Stencils can be used to build up texture. For example if you were to make many bricks you could make them as... "messy and bumpy as you wish your stones to be! Sponge paint with "stone colours" of browns or grays or off white speckles in other colours and you'll have realistic stone walls, stone borders or create that "hole in the wall" effect with the bricks on the outside! Don't have a stone wall around your fireplace? Dress it up and give it one!" says Victoria.
- Plaster designs can simply be painted the color of the wall (without adding additional color)and create a very "elegant" appearance. "I've done all the plastering in my home with simple wall color and it's just gorgeous!" says Victoria.
- If you position the stencils neatly side by side you can create borders, frames or scrolls over features such as doors and windows.
- Or a trail consisting of an intricate design.
- Rope effects are also a fun use of a repeated stencil. Two Overlays gives this design a double raising off the wall in an elegant rope design, perfect for nautical or more simple wall border at chair rail level or at both ceiling and floor!
- Victoria reminds us that -"The stencils don't necessarily have to be repeated in to a border or any completed design if the user chooses not to. For instance, Victoria will be using the bamboo plaster stencil on her bathroom walls in a sort of "wallpaper" fashion where there are just bamboo
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