You can also download all files for free to remix or create your own stencils.

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Banksy, whose true identity has never officially been revealed, became famous for creating politicised stencils on the walls of public buildings.

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He used stencils and other mechanical aids to help with the shapes.

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Now recent finds indicate they may have created some of Europe's earliest art crimson dots and hand stencils in Spanish caves more than 40, 000 years old.

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And if you don't trust your own artistic abilities, Spost says widely available pumpkin carving kits, complete with various patterns and stencils, are good to try.

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The grand staircase is made of plywood, bolts and beams are visible throughout, the floors are all concrete, and sprayed-on stencils of playwright's silhouettes decorate the sheetrock walls.

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Street art, meanwhile, has been controversial around the world, though in some cities it is cautiously permitted with some street artists rising to prominence in recent years, notably the British artist known as "Banksy, " whose stencils and drawings, sometimes considered illegal, have flourished from London to Jerusalem.

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It is the resourceful, enterprising folk among us the kind who prefer hand-made cards to store bought ones, who like to individualize their furniture with paint or stencils that are acting as early adopters of the substance and enthusiastically Tweeting a photo of the way they have used it to personalize or repair something.

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