Martha Goes Goth

Martha Stwart and Cynthia Nixon meet Stencil1

Martha Stewart and Cynthia Nixon meet Stencil1

Ok, well maybe not Goth but when Stencil1 was featured on Martha Stewart, she painted the Jolly Roger stencil. Martha+Skulls=I was loving this odd Juxtaposition! Apparently, Martha LOVES Halloween as do I. So I sat in the audience as guest star Cynthia Nixon and Martha made some two-process Halloween shirts. I showed the producers a bleaching technique using Clorox Bleach Pens that I learned from Syrie at TreeHouse Brooklyn and they loved it. It was very inspiring and we are grateful for the appearance. Watch the 2 part how-to video! Stencil1 on Martha

On The Street – Turntabilism!


I was on a lunchbreak from a consulting job in midtown Manhattan one afternoon when this guy walked by wearing this awesome hoodie with our turntable stencil repeated on it. I had to ask “where did you get that?” and he told me his girlfriend made it for him. How nice, That made my day!

Well It All Started…

Hand-made Prototype of Book

Hello! I’m Ed Roth. No, not Ed “Bid Daddy Roth” but Ed Roth nonetheless! I wanted to briefly tell you about Stencil1. When I initially started Stencil1, I conceived it as a book of stencils. I designed 50 stencils and had them laser cut. I then designed a prototype book to shop around to publishing houses. It didn’t go exactly as I planned, most publishers just didn’t ever see a book like it since it had stencils in it so they passed. I decided to sell my designs individually and designed the website and just jumped in! So that’s how I started it.

Hand-made Prototype of Book