Stencilled Work
Stencilled decoration is a compromise between painting and mechanical printing, and is restricted by the unit. The repetition of this is practically mechanical, though considerable license is possible in the treatment of colour, which has to be personally applied and is therefore amenable to controlled variation.
No. 256. Inhabited Details from Woven Fabrics. Interest imparted by patterning on forms.
The design in stencilled work is not limited to one unit, and is not subject to hard and fast rules, the plates being of a size convenient to handle. Alternate units, or a series can be employed, the interest, apart from colour and subject consisting mainly of contrast in detail, and in the individualism expressed.