stencillings

Cutout pattern transfers

Stencillings is the plural of stencilling, referring to designs or patterns produced by applying ink, paint, or other media through a cut-out template.

The word can also denote multiple acts of creating such designs: The stencillings along the border gave the room a hand-crafted look.

Spelling varies: stencillings in British English, stencilings in American.

craft

templates

Preset formats for copying

  • patternsRecurring arrangements or designs
  • cutoutsRemoved sections, often decorative
  • designsCreates or conceives layouts

spraying · dabbing · layering · masking · edges · repetition · motifs · borders · lettering · shapes

street

graffiti

Illegal surface markings

  • muralsLarge wall paintings
  • BanksyAnonymous political street artist
  • wallsVertical enclosing structures

urban · guerrilla · tagging · political · subversive · concrete · sidewalks · messages · activism · anonymity

decorative

walls

Vertical enclosing structures

friezes · patterns · ornamentation · interiors · embellishment · motifs · Victorian · folk · repeating · scrollwork

industrial

marking

Indicating with symbols

  • labelingAssigning identifying markers
  • cratesSturdy shipping containers
  • shippingTransporting goods to destinations

identification · numbering · warnings · serial · signage · stamping · machinery · standardization · regulations · hazmat

Opposites
method of execution

stencillingsaction painting

Spontaneous, physical mark-making

doodles · scribbles · calligraphy · finger painting · doodling

Family

stencilling

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G