Workspace

«BRIDGES

Small, uncut parts of the paper or plastic board/sheet that hold the cut stencil image together.

ISLANDS

The negative space that you cut out, creating the image that you will paint through.

STENCIL

A tool, usually made from plastic or paper, that has text and/or images cut out of it. It is also the image that the cut stencil creates after paint, bleach, etc. has been pushed through the negative space. Stencil is used as a verb to signify the act of painting with the tool.»

Russell Howze