‘Making The Cut’ from klingatron on Vimeo.
Glasgow born Klingatron began to teach himself how to create stencils as an art form in his final year of Art College around five years ago. It was the answer he was looking for as a young illustration student in order for him to find a way of working that gave him satisfaction he hungered for to capture detail in his art thus making him stand out with which was at the time a very basic knowledge and skill. He initially started to create stencils due to a continuous frustration with his style of work, which he felt would not stand up against the creations of his influences at the time.
Klingatron has since dedicated his attention in developing his style and technique with a blade ultimately producing very delicate and highly intricate stencils that are used only once causing each painting to be unique and completely individual.
Over time, Klingatron’s stencils have become more increasingly detailed meaning that the process takes hours upon hours (sometimes over 100) cutting paper in what he describes as a process that lets him go into a state of near meditation whilst he works for long periods at a time. All the materials he needs include the sheets of paper he cuts his stencils with using a scalpel blade, and of course spray cans for the application of paint is all he needs to create a painting.
His work has seen rapid progression and with this Klingatron has exhibited in many group show around Britain including three solo shows as well as displaying his paintings as far as Australia.