Goings-on
The Stencil1 crew recreating the iconic cover art. When the owner of Chalk Gyms asked us to re-create Joy Division’s iconic Unknown Pleasures album cover, I was elated. I remember the day my best friend in high school, Betsy, pulled up in her 50 foot Buick for us to do our usual after school ride…
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I have done many chalk murals for Chalk Gyms but this one was quite special to me, the gay pride mural for June. I registered Stencil1 as an LGBT owned enterprise almost 2 years ago with the NGLCC and as a proud gay man was happy to work on this! And to make things even…
Continue reading →This year’s Illinois High School Art Exhibition was bigger and better than ever, with 120+ high schools, thousands of students and families, dozens of art universities, 10+ vendors, and all 5 Chicagoland Blick stores represented. Ed Roth of Stencil1 was very fortunate to be a part of it through Pebeo! Ed flew out to Chicago on behalf…
Continue reading →The power of partnership. I have been using Pebeo paints since I started Stencil in 2004. Over the years I have had many wonderful opportunities to work with Pebeo such as them sponsoring events and more recently becoming a demo artist of their mixed media products. This year, Pebeo asked my to come along to Creativation…
Continue reading →Ed Roth will be doing artist demonstrations at Creativation in the Pebeo Booth. Ed will be using new designs in the Stencil1 stencil collection with Pebeo paints and markers – showing all attendees how to stencil fabric, canvas, and paper projects. Here at Stencil1, we have been using Pebeo fabric paint for years on so…
Continue reading →We’re finally back from the Stencil1 X Levi’s @ Anthropologie tour! For the past month, we’ve been traveling to the west coast and back with Levi’s visiting multiple Anthropologie stores and customizing special pieces for their customers. Customers were given a special promotion to purchase any Levi’s or Pilcro products and get $25 off their…
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