AIM IM with chris
5/15/08, 2:43 PM
chris: what are you putting into those military cases?
Charles Truett: it's going to be for collecting samples. it's a community exploration project
2:50 PM
chris: hmm sounds interesting
Charles Truett: you can participate. once i get the stencils on the boxes
chris: did you get the stencils done?
Charles Truett: no, i need to make them. never done it before, so i have to figure it out
Charles Truett: spray paint is the look i'm going for
chris: i've done a few stencils
chris: the trick is making the design so you can cut it out without it all falling apart
Charles Truett: i'm worried about paint slipping under the stencil
chris: then just print it out and spray mount on bristol or some card stock
chris: well as long as the surface is basically flat you're ok
chris: but you can always use some lowtack spray mount
chris: and when you spray, spray straight on, not at an angle
Charles Truett: excellent. so i need cardstock to mount the print on
Charles Truett: that's a good idea
chris: you want something thick enough to be stiff but not so thick that you can't cut through it
chris: and if you're only doing a few pieces you can use thinner stock
Charles Truett: cool.
Charles Truett: i'm gonna have about 10 of those boxes
chris: yeah, you could get some stuff from ted in the studio
Charles Truett: oh good iddea
chris: these guys do amazing stencils, not sure the cost
chris: http://www.blackbookstencils.com/
3:00 PM
Charles Truett: thanks!
5/15/08, 2:43 PM
chris: what are you putting into those military cases?
Charles Truett: it's going to be for collecting samples. it's a community exploration project
2:50 PM
chris: hmm sounds interesting
Charles Truett: you can participate. once i get the stencils on the boxes
chris: did you get the stencils done?
Charles Truett: no, i need to make them. never done it before, so i have to figure it out
Charles Truett: spray paint is the look i'm going for
chris: i've done a few stencils
chris: the trick is making the design so you can cut it out without it all falling apart
Charles Truett: i'm worried about paint slipping under the stencil
chris: then just print it out and spray mount on bristol or some card stock
chris: well as long as the surface is basically flat you're ok
chris: but you can always use some lowtack spray mount
chris: and when you spray, spray straight on, not at an angle
Charles Truett: excellent. so i need cardstock to mount the print on
Charles Truett: that's a good idea
chris: you want something thick enough to be stiff but not so thick that you can't cut through it
chris: and if you're only doing a few pieces you can use thinner stock
Charles Truett: cool.
Charles Truett: i'm gonna have about 10 of those boxes
chris: yeah, you could get some stuff from ted in the studio
Charles Truett: oh good iddea
chris: these guys do amazing stencils, not sure the cost
chris: http://www.blackbookstencils.com/
3:00 PM
Charles Truett: thanks!
