Editing Graffiti (section)

=== Stencil graffiti ===
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Stencil graffiti is created by cutting out shapes and designs in a stiff material (such as [[Corrugated fiberboard|cardboard]] or subject [[File folder|folder]]s) to form an overall design or image.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Iain |date=2019-09-02 |title=Items of Mass Instruction: Posters, Stickers, Memes and More |url=https://commonslibrary.org/items-of-mass-instruction-posters-stickers-memes-and-more/#Stencils |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=The Commons Social Change Library |language=en-AU}}</ref> The stencil is then placed on the "canvas" gently and with quick, easy strokes of the aerosol can, the image begins to appear on the intended surface. Some of the first examples were created in 1981 by artists [[Blek le Rat]] in Paris, in 1982 by [[Jef Aerosol]] in Tours (France);<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-04-11 |title=The Evolution of Graffiti Art |url=https://artsfiesta.com/the-evolution-of-graffiti-art/ |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Arts Fiesta |language=en-US}}</ref> by 1985 stencils had appeared in other cities including New York City, Sydney, and [[Melbourne]], where they were documented by American photographer Charles Gatewood and Australian photographer Rennie Ellis.<ref name=ellis>{{cite book |title=The All New Australian Graffiti |first=Rennie |last=Ellis |year=1985 |publisher=Sun Books, Melbourne |isbn=978-0-7251-0484-9 }}</ref>