stencil
Wat Nakprok, Thonburi

Stencil -- Wat Nakprok, Thonburi


Hand-made paper stencils used as a guide for painters.
A similar technique was employed by Michelangelo
to transfer his designs onto the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
At left is a piece of wood used as backing plank
when hammering the circular metal punch.

image © 2003 by John C. Goss

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