European immigrants first brought the stencilling technique to the New World, where different styles and techniques were further developed.  Itinerant artists travelled from town to town stencilling walls and floors in exchange for food, lodging, or a bit of money.

Using heavy oiled paper, they mixed ground mineral colours, charcoal, and brick with sour milk to make paint and applied brightly coloured designs such as flowers, fruit, mermaids, unicorns, and other folk motifs from Europe.

This workshop will instruct the attendee on how to cut and use stencils historically correct to their design period.