Paint Splatter Art Pimp Jacket
I was recently commissioned to create a jacket for a good friend of mine who has coined himself as an “art pimp” – he helps promote artists, curates and is also an artist himself – check him out at www.artpimponline.com. In addition to a fashionable jacket, he wanted it to be functional. Now you’re idea of functional and his idea may be two different things, but what he wanted for function was the ability to hold multiple business cards inside the jacket so he could “pimp” out all of the artists he represents. The concept was similar to how shady men in NY hustle gold watches in their jackets.
To start, I wanted to get his logo on the jacket – I did so in a quite labor intensive but effective way. I printed his logo on full label sheets and proceeded to cut it out like a stencil.
Here is the stencil "stuck" and then taped onto the jacket.
The next step was to fully cover the jacket (spray paint will mist the entire thing if this is not done) with whatever material you have – could be old sheets, newspaper, I happened to have sheets of stryofoam nearby so I just grabbed those.
The entire jacket is covered and I have sprayed the stencil area, doing enough passes to get a solid "print"
And there you have it, wait for the paint to dry and peel off to reveal your masterpiece. Yes, your stencil is done – one time use only for this type of project. I realize you could screen print it (not as accesible for everyone) which would be best if you needed to make more. You’re also thinking “why not make the stencil on cardstock or something reusable?” – well folks, I tried this and you just can’t get the fine detailing – the paint “creeps” under all of the edges. The sticky label works best for great detailing.
Post stencil removal
For the final touch, I wanted to add “paint splatters” since my friend is a painter. I sprayed a bunch of the spray paint into an old cottage cheese container, took an old paint brush and then (for lack of a better word) beat it against my hand where the metal part meets the bristles. This “shook” drops of paint off and splattered them onto the jacket.
Paint splatters on the jacket
Art Pimp Jacket with Paint Splatters
Art Pimp Stencil
For the “pimp” aspect of the jacket, I sewed 2 rows of velcro strips into each side of the jacket. I took plastic trading card sleeves and attached sticky velcro to the top of those to make them removeable from the jacket for washing or they can be easily replaced once worn out. The Art Pimp now has the capacity to carry up to 36 different business cards for all of his artists. Brilliant!
Jacket is ready for "pimping"