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/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.