Nearly all border stencils have a repeat, some are built into the design but some need to be specially cut. Don't hold it in place like you did with your knife, or you will end up with a much larger hole than you wanted or needed. All you do is trace the design with the tip of the cutter remembering to lift the tip when rotating on a corner. If you leave it in one place for too long you could end up with ridges around your stencil window, so keep it moving or lift it off the stencil. Use the plate glass, not the cutting mat or you will melt that too. The electric cutter uses heat to melt the stencil film/acetate (you can't use it on board). When you reach a corner or sharp point lift the heel of your hand and move the stencil around, do not remove the knife.Įlectric Stencil Cutter: This handy little tool takes most of the hard work out of stencil cutting it does however take a bit of getting used to. Don't remove the knife until the whole shape has been cut out. Push the point of the blade through the stencil board or acetate and then flatten it out, in that way you will use the whole blade. If you are cutting a long straight line you may cut away from yourself but use your ruler to help.Ĭraft Knife: Always cut a stencil on a proper cutting mat using only your fingers to move the knife and at the same time use your other hand to move the stencil so that you are constantly cutting towards yourself. Hold the craft knife or stencil cutter like a pen rest the heel of your hand on the cutting surface (cutting mat or plate glass) and cut towards yourself. Once the stencil pattern has been traced onto the stencil material you are ready to cut. Trace the stencil pattern onto the acetate using a felt-tip or technical drawing pen (be careful the felt-tip smudges). Stencil Film/Acetate: Place the design under the acetate and tape both to the cutting mat or glass plate. Trace over the outline with a soft pencil if you cannot see the outline clearly go over it again. Stencil Board: Place the stencil pattern in the middle of the board with a sheet of carbon paper under it and tape to the stencil board. Plate Glass for Electric Stencil Cutter (sand or tape edges)Ĭut a piece of board or acetate big enough to allow a 5cm (2in) border all round your stencil design.
Soft Pencil or Felt-tip/Technical Drawing Pen.
If you do make a mistake you can always stick the missing piece back in using glue and strands of hair, just like the ancient Japanese did, see The History of Stenciling Stencil Cutting Equipment When choosing a design to cut out or drawing your own, make sure you have enough bridges so center pieces don't fall out when you start cutting. To overcome this we use bridges which join the inner circle to the outer.One major difficulty with all stencils is the isolated parts of a design, such as the center of the zero, which will fall out as soon as the outer ring is cut.
#Sketchpen glasses stencils how to
Even though you may be quite good at drawing you will still need to learn how to draw a stencil, not as easy as you think and cut it out, even harder.
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