Exploration of Paper Stenciling as Matrix for Portraits Prints of four selected Nigeria’s Past Presidents

Abstract

The „Matrix‟ is a surface where original art is prepared, and from which duplicates can be made via impression on surfaces such as paper, fabrics and even walls. Matrixes can be in form of wood, metal, leaf, and even chemical coatings such as emulsions. Paper has not been considered as an effective media for preparing art for prints on another surface. This is as a result of the emergence of digital printing technologies. Therefore, this study focused on experimenting with paper as matrixes in preparation of stencils for layered printing of colours, to make images of past Nigeria‟s presidents. There has been an outright neglect of paper stencil as a medium for image printing. The research design used was the Practice led Research (PLR).