Inspiration: Stencil Art
When we think of stencils artists, the first name that often springs to mind is Banksy. His works have become incredibly popular in recent years and he’s played a huge part in helping graffiti and street art make the move beyond walls and alleyways to galleries and auction houses.
But about the time Banksy was getting to grips with spelling his own name, French street artist Blek le Rat was changing the face of street art and graffiti as one of the first artists to use stencils in his work back in the early 80s. Blek, who is now in his mid fifties, has inspired a whole generation of stencil artists. One of the coolest things about Blek le Rat is that he didn’t start dabbling in stencil art til his 30s and as he approaches 60, he’s still out on the streets at night leaving his mark on the cities.
If you’re inspired by this style, check out these talented stencil artists:
Blek Le Rat
C215
Miss Link
Logan Hicks
If you’d like to give this style a go in your own works, here’s a few links to get you started:
- Design a stencil
- Photograph to Stencil
- The Beauty of Stencil Art
- Blek le Rat, the man who gave birth to Banksy
And here’s some wonderful stencil art from talented bubblers:
Ushi I by wita
The Retun of Samus by PaperMonster
...Until The End of The World by PONSHOP
You can find more in the Street Art group. Please feel free to share any links to street or stencil artists that inspire you too …
th3rd world order
amazing
i am an aspiring stencil artist
i am just amazed at these
lot of cool work can be found on deviantart Street art
please do check out
this is what adorns my wall link
Isa Rodriguez
this is truly great!!!!!!! this is the type of work I admire personally the most.. it just moves me.. and I thank you for the links..
jenseyes
Wow this is awesome work. Really appreciate this.
everascot
Great inspiration, many thanks!!!!
EmeraldSun
Fantastic! I am a stencil art lover!—-Bea :D))
Keithbotilier
Great work I have done some stencilling you can create some great images,this way.
Kiwikiwi
Good stuff.
KiwiAna
I recently posted some images of stecils by a Kiwi artist called component
Geddon Me Some Religion
Angel in the Morning
and We Stole Pies
Lesley Hill
Just Love it!!!
Jakki O
soopa cool, this type of art is most excellent and inspiring!
Jordan Clarke
AWESOME!!! I’m gonna like my blog to this in the next week…
Jordan Clarke
...I meant LINK. Of course I like my blog too – but yeah – I will LINK to this soon.
yeah…
Kaiju
in 1989 i stencil tombstone of name of co worker who were fire from the art supply store i work in. all together there were about 8 tombstone…RIPs.
stencil were my protest. now it cool!
Natalie Tyler
Barbara Morrison
Look up John Fekner on Wikipedia. He was doing stencil grafitti in New York in the 1970’s
Chris Brett
Great post! I love paper monster works
Marion Cullen
Sweet! I love all the works posted here, but am a huge fan of Blek Le Rat.
Youngest son is right into stencil art and introduced me to many of the above artists. I am just begining to see the hint of a distinct style emerging in his own work and find it such a privilege to be witnessing the very beginnings of the evolution of his art.
Tomoe Nakamura
Just basic question. Is the stencil art different from the slikscreen stencil print? I feel like I need to learn more. I like the street art, and mural.
It seems like Natalie’s post is from Japan. Where is it? I wonder if the artist got the permission to paint?
Esther van de ...
This is some of my stencil art, Cheers Esther
jumpy
great article in the sydney morning herald 4 hours ago
Belinda "Billy...
Love the stencil art, like printmaking also…similiar, well not really but like it anyway.
seventeen
They definitely are some great links. These are my favourite RB journals.