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Meghan Yarnell | Episode 1059
Meghan Yarnell grew up in Northwest Ohio. Many of her happiest childhood memories include the time she spent exploring the field, creek, and woods behind her home. She graduated from Bowling Green State University in 2005 with a degree in 3D studies and has been teaching art in the public school system ever since. She is currently working as a high school ceramics teacher in Perrysburg, Ohio where she maintains a home studio alongside her husband and three children.
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What are the advantages of using Cricket versus scissors and paper?
Well the Cricket is a lot faster and more precise. The Cricket can cut little tiny things that would be really, really difficult to cut with scissors.
What material do you use?
I have used regular computer paper. I use vinyl, a couple different types of vinyl. I have used sheets of decal paper. I have used craft foam in my Cricket before.
Which one works better for the long term?
Well, when I was working with porcelain, I used a lot of paper and those are mainly single use stencils. But then when I switched over to this dark clay I switched over to this vinyl and you can use these vinyl stencils hundreds, even thousands of times. They don’t really wear out.
How much is a piece of equipment like that?
I bought mine over five years ago and I want to say it was around two hundred dollars. I know that there’s different models though. So I think that there is a higher one and more recent one and I also know there is a lower model too.
How does Procreate help you size a stencil?
Procreate doesn’t really size the stencil at all. I do all of that in the Cricket application. Procreate I just draw the image, and I export it as a jpeg. And then in the Cricket software I make it into a stencil. That might not be the best way to do it. I am not a Procreate guru but it works for me.
What is the application you use and do you have to add water to get it to a specific consistency.
So I don’t add water at all. I use these generic squeeze bottles that I got from Amazon. But I really like these fine point applicators that I also got from Amazon. I think you can get them from any art supply store. They have a needle in the cap so when you put the cap on it keep the applicator from getting clogged. I think it’s called Fine Point.
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