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This stencil depicts a male face framed by prison bars. The image plays with contrasts between the character's features and the grid that confines him. A powerful design for urban street art and provocative creations.
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Made in France
Laser-cut in our own workshop. Over 4,000 artists trust us.
Flexible, durable Mylar
✓Canvas, wood, walls
✓Acrylic, spray paint
✓Reusable
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An original design, imagined and created by our team for stencil painting.
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Over 1,200 original designs
Exclusive artwork, created by our team.
Every pattern is specially designed and adapted for stencil painting.
One stencil, precise details
Intricate patterns, without layering multiple stencils.
Every design is specially created to reproduce fine details with a single sheet.
Carefully selected Mylar
The right balance between flexibility and durability.
A material chosen after extensive testing to make it easy to use and allow repeated applications.
Suited to your painting techniques
Acrylic, spray paint, brush or sponge.
Our stencils let you paint on canvas, wood or walls, with sizes up to 57 inches depending on the design.
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A Captive Face with Distinct Features
The Prisoner Behind Bars Stencil showcases an expressive male portrait, confined behind a grid. The face fills the central section of a checkered structure, creating a striking visual interplay between freedom and confinement. The character's details and intense gaze are clearly visible through the pattern's openings.
The composition alternates between the solid areas of the bars and the open spaces of the face. This rigid geometric structure contrasts with the humanity of the portrait, creating an immediate visual tension. The stencil imposes its grid as the dominant element while allowing the background to reveal the character's nuanced expressions.
Ideal for urban street art, this design is perfect for walls, panels, and smooth surfaces. It works particularly well in black on a light background or in reverse, depending on the desired effect. Artists can experiment with colors to emphasize either the carceral aspect of the bars or the humanity of the imprisoned face.
A stencil doesn't dictate the colors, the style or the final result. It can be used to integrate a portrait into an abstract painting, create textures, add graphic effects or enrich a composition. Acrylic, spray paint, brushes, drips and layered colors: every artist can combine techniques and interpret our designs in their own way, to create artworks that truly reflect them.
Frequently asked questions
Here are the essentials to help you order with confidence.
Yes! Made from flexible, durable Mylar, our stencils are designed to be used hundreds of times, with both acrylic paint and spray paint. Their sturdiness lets you create again and again without having to replace the stencil after each use.
After testing several materials and thicknesses in our workshop, we chose Mylar about 8 mil (0.008 in) thick for its balance between flexibility and durability. Thicker films tend to retain more of the curl from being manufactured on a roll, which makes them harder to lay flat. Our choice makes it easier to work on canvas while maintaining excellent durability.
With spray paint, systematic cleaning is usually not necessary: thin layers of paint can dry on the stencil without affecting its reuse. If paint builds up, especially with thick acrylic, you can gently clean your stencil with lukewarm water or a product suited to the paint used.
Yes. Our stencils can be used on canvas, wood, walls, paper and fabric, with a paint suited to the surface. Their flexibility makes them easy to position for creating paintings, murals and many decorative projects.
Yes, we ship our stencils worldwide. Shipping costs and delivery times are calculated based on your country and the dimensions of your order, and are shown before payment.
We accept secure payments by credit card and PayPal, as well as several local payment options depending on your country of residence.
Yes. You have 30 days after receipt to return an unused stencil, in accordance with our return policy. The refund is issued once the product has been received and inspected.
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