Open Call: A Stencil Template Zine #2

Posted on December 26, 2005
Filed Under Open Call, Magazines, D.I.Y. |

Cut&Paint: A Stencil Template Zine #2
Deadline: February 1st, 2006

Once again, Josh MacPhee, Nicolas Lampert and Colin Matthes are putting together a zine of stencil templates. This time around we plan on scaling back the size of the zine a little (legal size folded, so 7” x 8.5”), but to make up for the shrinking size we hope to include a set of die-cut stencil templates with the zine. That’s right, pre-cut stencils ready to use!
Like issue #1, most of the zine will be filled with some of the best and most exciting stencil templates out there (black and white stencil images that can be cut out and used), so we’re looking for your best stencil template ideas. This time around we’re also open to multi-color pieces, so if you are interested send a clean black & white print of each layer, as well as a composite image.

***In addition, we would like to expand the rest of the zine, too. This means more in the how-to section, so send along any new tips you’ve got. We want photos of stencils from your area, we’d like to run a couple spreads of regional stencil action, particularly from places we usually don’t hear from. We’ll also be including some writing on stencils as well, so if you have any articles you’ve been working on that deal with stenciling, public space, politics, etc., feel free to submit them.

Specifications after the jump:

*All designs should be 7×8 inches

*Templates should be clean sprays of stencils on clean white paper. Flat black paint is preferable. We’ll be photocopying these templates, so keep the lines and edges as crisp as possible. In order to get a really clean print, you can spray little bit of spray-tack (like light spraymount) on the back of the stencil so it lays flat on the paper.

*No racist, sexist, homophobic designs. Also, we’re really looking for smart and creative takes on what’s going on in the world, not copied portraits of movie stars or Japanese robots. Keep it original.

*Feel free to submit more than one template design

*Tell us if you want your template credited to a name, and if so, what name (and contact information if you want, i.e. website, email, address, etc.)
The best designs will be used for the die-cuts, so send in great stuff and we might make 1000 pre-cut copies of you’re stencil!
We hope to keep the price at $5 or below, and distribute Cut&Paint #2 much further and wider than #1.

All templates that are chosen for the zine will become copyleft/copyriot (i.e. they can be freely copied and used by anyone, public domain). Everyone who has a stencil chosen for Cut&Paint #2 will get a free copy of the zine.

Send templates, photos, and writing to:
Josh MacPhee
53 Third St.
Troy, NY 12180

or email hi-res (preferably 600dpi greyscale or 1200dpi line art) templates, photos (300 dpi) or writing to: josh [at] justseeds. org

If you have any questions, drop an email to animaltrap [at[ yahoo. com or josh [at] justseeds. org

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