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CRASS Members in San Francisco

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Gee Vaucher and Penny Rimbaud, collective members of CRASS and early stencil pioneers, will be in San Francisco this weekend. Their logo may be one of the most famous stencils from the 1970s punk scenes. Gee also recently told me that CRASS also altered billboards with stencils during the same period.

Gee Vaucher has an exhibit up on Valencia Street, and there will also be a spoken word performance by Penny Rimbaud. Proceeds from the performance go towards covering their expenses for the trip here.

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PaperMonster Upcoming Shows

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A Dream Remembered, An Endless Pause: The Solo Show of J. Coleman
and Art Whino's Collaboration Featuring 20 New Artists

January18th, 2008
6p.m. to 12 p.m.
717 N. Saint Asaph St.
Alexandria, VA 22314.
The show runs from January18th, 2008 to February 8th, 2008.

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FORE is a collection of 14 years worth of image/ word associations--original stencil illustrations coupled with four-letter words. The pairings range from the pedantic and apparent to the obtusely personal--nodding to pop culture, politics and adolescent vulgarity. Collectively, these illustrations and text form FORE--an invitation to vandalism and creativity masquerading as a 26-word homage to 21st century youth that moonlights as a picture dictionary trying to make it as a handmade artist book.
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How To Make Mud Stencils

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I have always been interested in how to make nontoxic stencil art. I looked into beet dye stencils, but couldn't figure out how to spray it. This way isn't quick, but it is safe for the planet. Check out the original site here.

Materials: Mylar, X-Acto knife, tape, mud, sponge.

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Visitor's Fore Sight Stencil Project

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Hey Stencil Archive Community,

In july I started cranking out an edition of a picture dictionary/poetry/stencil folio project that I wrote/illustrated. I'm making all of the books myself in my studio. Each one comes pre-cut and bound with snap-rings. There's more info on my site. Just wanted to hip you to it.

Be well. Good luck with the new book.

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