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Stencil Archive just got an upgrade!
Woah. Do things look different around here? Can I now bookmark Stencil Archive on my mobile browser home screen and click anytime to enjoy the latest and greatest in negative space? Has everything changed?
Many questions with a few easy answers. Welcome to the latest version of the Stencil Archive, including all the fresh content you've grown to love over the years but with a new look. The site is now responsive, which is techy speak for "you can open in up on your iOS or Android device and flick around the site." Try it horizontal or vertical! Only the look and response to where you're looking has changed.
Yes you can bookmark the site to your mobile home screen. The site even has a new version of the logo for the icon. For iOS just follow…
Read moreOnwards to Thousands More Stencil Uploads
Photo: Haight Street, San Francisco. Artist unknown.
Woah now! Years in the making, since 2002, Stencil Archive takes a slow and steady approach to the photos it archives and presents. Practically hand curated in an attempt to not post a second photo of the same stencil, this site strives to not judge any skill level, content (unless racist or pornographic), or other qualities. When it comes to street art, off and on the white walls, the stencil tool is open source, for the people, and for anyone who has an idea to cut out and paint.
Thanks for the first 20,000 photos and onwards to thousands more!
The Mission, SF, CA
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/…
20,000th Photo Uploaded to Stencil Archive
And the photo is, from Northeast Los Angeles:
As always, thanks for your support, submissions, feedback, and general stencil vibes....
Onwards to 30,000 :P
For Those About to Burn....
We salute you!
for more BRC negative space:
Nevada stencils
Black Rock City stencils
Stencil Archive: Special Artist Photo Uploads
>NEW< Bambi (UK)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/European_Artist…
>NEW< ABC Art Attack (NV)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Artists_USA/ABC-Ar…
>NEW< Pau Tonnesen (AZ)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Artists_USA/Pau-To…
>NEW< SIRES (NV)
http://www.stencilarchive.…
Coming soon...
Very soon, something amazing will happen here on Stencil Archive.
It may not be what you think it will be.
But a few things it definitely will NOT BE ::::: Stencil Archive will not: add a pop up to make you give us your email or your money ::: FUCK click-wrap agreements!!!! :::: we won't advertise on Facebook/Google/Yahoo/etc :::: NO gleaning of your information to sell to highest bidder :::: no cooperation with the authorities (well, NSA has us all beat) ::: Don't expect spam emailings or lists you can never unsubscribe from ::: no Kickstarters or Indigogos (we hurt for funds but refuse to make the squeeze pitch on you, over and over) ::: no profits from YOUR art and/or YOUR photos (so submit them now) ::: we don't care what your politics are (unless you're rascist and/or fascist) ::: we abhor click bait ::: we will not…
Read moreSF Banksy Tests Value of Street Art
Back when Banksy was in SF promoting his documentary, I got to meet Sami Sunchild and talk about the large rat that was on the side of her Red Vic bed and breakfast building (read about it). I introduced her to Banksy via my book as well as the artist's own. And her manager let me go onto the roof for exclusive shots of the socialist rat (see my photo below). Ever since I saw the empty space on that wall get replaced with plain wood by a work crew, I've wondered who took the rat and what it's fate was. At long last the SF Chronicle tracked the owner down. And Sami asked him to never sell it. End of story?
Quest to display an S.F. Banksy tests value of street art
By Evan Sernoffsky
June 20, 2014 | Updated: June 21, 2014 10:24pm
Art restorers…
Read more140 New Photos for the Stencil Archive
Thanks for the submissions! Artist and fan pics keep this project inspiring for me. Uploading tunes compliments of WWOZ and KVRX. Please support the Stencil Archive as well as public and college radio. Culture on the digital fringes!
Belgium (thanks Josiah)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/Belgium
Germany (just one, thanks Cel)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/Germany
France (thanks Josiah)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/France
Netherlands (thanks Josiah)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/Netherlands
UK (just one)
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Over 125 New Uploads to the Stencil Archive
What do April Showers bring? Less drought and more stencils…..
Thanks to everybody who submitted work for this upload.
Musika support by Piotr Kurek (Pietnastka) and WFMU for being so amazing.
Afghanistan (just one)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Middle_East/Afghanistan
Regan Ha-Ha
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Australia-AU/Australia…
Argentina (thanks Anna!)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/The_Americas/Argentina
Brazil (thanks Chris)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/The_Americas/Brazil
Costa Rica (thanks Monica)…
Read moreEditing the Ole' Stencil Archive
From time to time, I wander around the Stencil Archive photo files and make attempts to delete duplicate photos, rename files with typos, investigate text and artists, as well as other updating. Being an effort of the heart, I sometimes speed up the process of getting images online: older Hamburg and Australia files are a great example of my hasty process. Ususally this happens when I'm on the road and have little time to figure out what I photographed in stencil-rich locations.
Other times, an artist appears and becomes a repeat tagger. Eclair is a great example of this. She stencils so much, over and over, here in San Francisco, I sometimes cannot keep up and/or figure out what I already have.
Sometimes new artists show up and eventually need their own Artist Archive. Case in point: HAR2UNG here in SF (and a bit in East Bay). This artist keeps popping up in SF's Financial District via stickers. The posts are signed, but I had a hard time reading the graffiti-style…
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