Welcome to the new/updated site! Since 2002, your old-school website for all things stencils. Please consider donating what you can to support the much-needed upgrade. Photo, video, links, and exhibit info submissions always welcome. Enjoy and stay curious.
Other ways to support this site:
- Visit the Stencil Archive Support page to purchase a copy of Stencil Nation or take a tour.
- Find the Stencil Archives' best original photos on Instagram and flickr.
Some Artists for a Quick Tuesday Upload Round
Thanks to: Eleni, Esmeralda, Brooklyn Street Art, r/stencils, r/streetart, u/LondonFun80, u/lindyloo1982, u/wlancehunt, u/wasdelacrow, u/CommodoreApproved, u/shares_inDeleware, u/OwlvsGnome, u/nizzok, u/thk_, @radicalgraffiti, u/iptrucs, u/xzerni0, u/everythingforeveryone, u/newbhere12, u/Bell_crypto, E Lykos, u/imperfeckt, u/Bell_crypto
At last, some new stencil photo uploads
Mostly USA uploads from the past four months...
Thanks to: Eleni, Esmeralda, Brooklyn Street Art, r/stencils, r/streetart, u/LondonFun80, u/lindyloo1982, u/wlancehunt, u/wasdelacrow, u/CommodoreApproved, u/shares_inDeleware, u/OwlvsGnome, u/nizzok, u/thk_, @radicalgraffiti, u/iptrucs, u/xzerni0, u/everythingforeveryone, u/newbhere12, u/Bell_crypto, E Lykos, u/imperfeckt, u/Bell_crypto
Spinning: J. P. Sousa, S. Joplin, Bob Marley and the Wailers, WUOG, Phish, SF Giants
Florida (just one)
Boston (just one)
Kansas (just one)
LA, CA (just one)
New Orleans (just one)
Portland, OR (just one)
Virginia (just one)
Short-term fix equals new images to upload
As I have recently mentioned, the demise of Adobe Flash had broken our ability to upload images to our outdated Archives photo album setup.
While our sysadmin furiously works on creating a new, 2021-quality overhaul of the whole Archive...
...we have GOOD NEWS!
A temporary fix got installed to replace the broken Flash part, and a few early attempts to upload to the current gallery folders proved successful.
It is time once again to get some new images up on the site.
We are quite behind and have a goodly-sized stack to get through (not to mention a back up of other sources to pull from).
Can't wait to share our backup images, which go back to late June 2021.
Eddy Plu (NL)
Eddy Plu is the pseudonym for the anonymous Dutch artist from Amsterdam. Along with LEGO works, Plu is currently exploring new mediums to convey his art, such as spray cans and canvas.
Stencils in Media While We Remodel the Archives
You may have noticed that the Stencil Archive photo albums have not been updated in a while. This doesn't mean that we haven't been collecting images from around the world. This just means that the Archives are the older part of the website, and uploading images was based on Adobe Flash. Now that Flash is completely obsolete, our Archives are in the slow, very slow, process of being redesigned. They still work for viewers like you, but uploading new images is offline at the moment.
Finding an image on a movie, show, or in a comic, would go into the "Stencils in Media" Archive. Since our uploading capability is down, here is a fun one from today by Wayno and Piraro, the sharp creators of the Bizarro daily strip. As soon as we get the Archives going again, it'll be there too.
MRSN (LA)
MRSN is a Los Angeles based street artist who works predominantly with stencils and spray paint. She discovered her passion for stenciling in her middle school art class, but really started creating in her early twenties.