Cut& Paint: Stencil Zine #2
Deadline February 20th, 2006

We're almost sold out of the 400 copies we made of Cut&Paint #1 and we barely did any
promotion, the zines sold themselves! We've decided this success demands a follow-up, so we're
putting together another issue of Cut&Paint and we need your help. Once again, Josh MacPhee
(Stencil Pirates book, www.justseeds.org), Nicolas Lampert (www.drawingresistance.org,
www.machineanimalcollages.com) and Colin Matthes (Ideas in Pictures zine,
www.ideasinpictures.org) are putting together a zine of stencil templates. This time around we
plan on scaling back the size of the zine a little (legal size folded, so 7" x 8.5"), but to make up for
the shrinking size we hope to include a set of die-cut stencil templates with the zine. That's right,
pre-cut stencils ready to use!

Like issue #1, most of the zine will be filled with some of the best and most exciting stencil
templates out there (black and white stencil images that can be cut out and used), so we're looking
for your best stencil template ideas. This time around we're also open to multi-color pieces, so if
you are interested send a clean black & white print of each layer, as well as a composite image.
***In addition, we would like to expand the rest of the zine, too. This means more in the how-to
section, so send along any new tips you've got. We want photos of stencils from your area, we'd
like to run a couple spreads of regional stencil action, particularly from places we usually don't
hear from. We'll also be including some writing on stencils as well, so if you have any articles
you've been working on that deal with stenciling, public space, politics, etc., feel free to submit
them.

Here's what we are looking for:

*All designs should be 7x8 inches

*Templates should be clean sprays of stencils on clean white paper. Flat black paint is preferable.
We’ll be photocopying these templates, so keep the lines and edges as crisp as possible. In order to
get a really clean print, you can spray little bit of spray-tack (like light spraymount) on the back of
the stencil so it lays flat on the paper.

*No racist, sexist, homophobic designs. Also, we’re really looking for smart and creative takes on
what’s going on in the world, not copied portraits of movie stars or Japanese robots. Keep it
original.

* Stencils don’t have to be hit-you-over-the-head political (i.e. Fuck Bush, although that’s fine
too), but they should be interesting to more than just you and your friends! The goal is to have
stencil templates that other people will want to use.

*Feel free to submit more than one template design

*Tell us if you want your template credited to a name, and if so, what name (and contact
information if you want, i.e. website, email, address, etc.)
The best designs will be used for the die-cuts, so send in great stuff and we might make 1000 pre-
cut copies of you're stencil!
We hope to keep the price at $5 or below, and distribute Cut&Paint #2 much further and wider
than #1.

All templates that are chosen for the zine will become copyleft/copyriot (i.e. they can be freely
copied and used by anyone, public domain). Everyone who has a stencil chosen for Cut&Paint #2
will get a free copy of the zine.

Send templates, photos, and writing to:
Josh MacPhee
53 Third St.
Troy, NY 12180
or email hi-res (preferably 600dpi greyscale or 1200dpi line art) templates, photos (300 dpi) or
writing to: josh [at] justseeds. org

If you have any questions, drop an email to animaltrap [at] yahoo. com or josh [at] justseeds. org