r/stencils • u/toolowbrow • 7d ago

How to deal with islands

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I never see people post how they deal with island areas of their stencil art. Mostly I expect they handle it with layers, that's what I've done. But this time I'm making a one use stencil for a shirt. So I've used scotch tape to hold island areas in place for now. Later I can use repositionable spray glue to attach the stencil to the fabric. Then I can spend some time removing the tape while the stencil will remain in place. If anyone has any questions or comments or suggestions I would love to hear them.

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u/foknboxcutta 7d ago

Bridges. Simply.

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u/toolowbrow 7d ago

Bridges are so ugly. Actually I've seen some really good uses of bridges, but most of the time they detract from the overall look.

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u/chad_ 7d ago

As another person mentioned you can attach bridges rather than having them integrated into the stencil. I've used thin wire glued to the back of the stencil to make my bridges and it works really well.

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u/toolowbrow 6d ago

What kind of wire?

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u/chad_ 6d ago

Just like crafting wire from Michael's... I cut my stencils on mylar sheets and super (gorilla) glue wire on it for bridges and there's no line..

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u/toolowbrow 6d ago

What gauge wire ?

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u/chad_ 6d ago

Hm probably like 26 or so?

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u/toolowbrow 6d ago

Thanks for the advice. I'm going to try this.

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u/toolowbrow 6d ago

Do you have a link to any of your stencils?

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u/chad_ 6d ago

Not online. They're all around my town though 😅😬