Please note that we will no longer be doing custom stencils until further notice!

NBNB All custom requests needs to be submitted by Wednesdays for quotations on Thursdays.

Stencils will be processed after payment by the following Wednesday and dispatched on the Thursday.

Any requests submitted after a Wednesday will stand over for the next cycle.

A Custom made stencil implies that you are having a stencil made of your own design, for your exclusive use. You would either have drawn the design/asked a friend to help you, or you paid a designer to do it for you digitally.

A screenshot of a great idea is not material for a custom made stencil, it is probably someone else’s custom made stencil/design, which mean you would want us to copy someone else’s design.

Please note that we are obligated to follow all copyright laws and will not accept any orders that may result in non-licenced merchandise.

Although we do not take responsibility for ensuring you are not using someone else’s design, we would not even consider any of the following (unless you have written permission to use an official logo and/or artwork):

  • Disney
  • Pro-sport team
  • Brand
  • Logo Names
  • Band
  • Musician
  • Celebrities
  • TV Show/ Movie Art

It is therefore assumed that the design submitted for a custom made stencil belongs to the client, and does not infringe on any copyright laws.

A custom made stencil paid for by the client will not be used for another client or by Plank Art Pty Ltd. In a case where the client request a design but do not necessarily want it custom made, a mutual agreement between Plank Art and the client may be made that the design may be re-used. In such a case the client will not be charged for a custom made stencil, but design fees will still apply.
Any altered digital image remains the property of Plank Art Pty Ltd. Any altered image is done solely for the purpose of obtaining a high quality image in order to produce the stencil.

DESIGN REQUIREMENTS

Photos, screenshots and files saved in low resolution are not suitable for the making of stencils. A template of the design needs to be printed in 100% black, with smooth lines, which will be used to burn the stencil under a light source.

For the best quality stencil your design must be a vector image, with RGB values = 0.

Vector art is digital art composed of mathematical lines and curves and can be enlarged indefinitely without losing quality. Typically vector images are made using Corel Draw or Illustrator.

A raster image (photos, bitmaps, clip-art etc) consists of pixels in horizontal and vertical rows and columns. When enlarged they lose their quality and become fuzzy. They can not be used to make a stencil, unless they have a dpi of 200. The image can then be altered and converted to vector.

The following act as a pricing guideline, subject to the design supplied:

SIZE PRICE STENCIL SIZE MAX DESIGN SIZE
F R100.00 98mm x 95mm 58mm x 55mm
C R115.00 98mm x 142mm 58mm x 102mm
J R131.00 135mm x 142mm 95mm x 102mm
B R148.00 197mm x 142mm 157mm x 102mm
E R193.00 197mm x 185mm 157mm x 145mm
A R257.00 197mm x 278mm 157mm x 238mm
A3 R399.00 405mm x 287mm 365mm x 247mm

PRICING STRUCTURE AS FROM  1 March 2022:

Setup fee: R40 / design (Maximum of R100 for multiple designs)

Custom stencil prices as per table above.

Postage: R100

OPTIONAL:

Art correction: R30 / design if needed.

No Design service is offered at this stage.

A quote is subject to quality of design supplied by client, any additional charges will be discussed with client. No work will commence unless full payment has been received.

Please email your design and size requirements to custom@silkscreenstencils.co.za.

A quotation will be done on THURSDAYS only for requests that has come in until the previous day.