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| | Stencils Tips- wall stencils, stencil products, interior decorating and painting help |
 | | In the ancient world, stencils were used to decorate the Egyptian tombs, to outline designs of Greek Mosaics, on the highly decorated walls of Pompeii, and to letter the painted wooden boards publicizing attractions to the games of the Coliseum in classical Rome. |
 | | It was the Japanese, however, who refined the stencil technique further by perfecting a method for holding the delicate parts of the stencil together by means of a network of human hair, later replaced by threads of silk. |
 | | Stenciling was used in conjunction with wood block printing and brush painting to create religious pictures and illuminated manuscripts, which were sold to religious pilgrims and shrines. |
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