Me, Myself and I
As the sun sets on another beautiful spring day, I find myself experimenting with a new technique called pochoir. What is pochoir? Pochoir is French for stencil. Merriam-Webster defines it as: "a stencil process for making coloured prints or adding colour to a printed key illustration." While Britannia defines it as "distinguished from ordinary stencilling, is a highly refined technique of making fine limited editions of stencil prints. It is often called hand colouring or hand illustration." I'm not sure I have reached the 'fine' aspect of pochoir, as this is my first attempt at using the technique, for a book of five panels folded in accordion or leporello style. What is a leporello ? Abe Books defines a leporello as, " printed material folded into an accordion-pleat style. Sometimes known as a concertina fold, it is a method of parallel folding with the folds alternating between front and back. Many leporellos are used as a way of tel