If You Know, You Know

Stencilchrome series

'If You Know, You Know' turns the classic cassette tape and pencil combination into a hand-painted object artwork, presented as an oversized vintage slide. Set against a pale blue background, the piece captures one of the most familiar symbols of 80's Australian childhood and retro music nostalgia — the homemade mixtape, the chewed tape, and the pencil that always had to come to the rescue.

For anyone who grew up with cassette tapes, the art of recording your favourite songs off the radio was both an endurance event and a labour of love. Rewinding tangled tape with a pencil was part patience test, part minor emergency, and somehow just normal. Playful, graphic and instantly recognisable, 'If You Know, You Know' celebrates a small but unforgettable piece of analog life, turning an everyday music memory into original nostalgic wall art.

Part painting, part object, the work is designed to feel like an enlarged vintage transparency — a nostalgic snapshot of Australian childhood reimagined as contemporary wall art. Each work in the Stencilchrome series is designed to stand alone or sit beautifully as part of a grouped hang.

• 40 x 40 cm x 1.2 cm deep
  
• Acrylic & aerosol on MDF panel with custom painted slide mount
• Finished with melamine edging. 
• Designed to hang slightly off the wall, creating a subtle floating effect.
• Detail images show the construction and finish.