A sticker or adhesive («sticker», in English) is a support for text or images printed or silk-screened on a sheet of vinyl or paper on the back of which a thin layer of adhesive has been provided. Initially, this sheet is glued on a silicone paper or ""transfer"" in order to maintain the adhesion capacity until the moment when it is decided to permanently fix this sheet on another surface.

Some stickers do not need the adhesive layer, since they are placed on very smooth surfaces, such as glass or ceramic, and the fixation is carried out by electrostatic effect.

Those made from vinyl are an adhesive glued to a film that serves as a support and is removed once installed and is also used for interior and exterior decoration.

Contenido

El «sticker art» (también conocido como etiqueta de bombardeo, bofetada de marcado, etiquetado y etiqueta) es una forma de arte callejero, una subcategoría de arte posmoderno en el que una imagen o mensaje aparece públicamente usando etiquetas adhesivas, encontrándose emparentado con la técnica del grafiti. Estas pegatinas pueden promover un programa político, comentario o cuestión social o política, una campaña de arte vanguardista, entre muchas otras temáticas. Suelen tener una frase o encontrarse representado un dibujo o «street logo», en ocasiones acompañado de la firma del autor, donde se quiere dar a conocer un ícono característico y romper con el gris de la ciudad.

Como en todo con las pegatinas hay mucha variedad, pero principalmente se usa papel autoadhesivo o vinilo. Podemos también encontrar pegatinas a color y en blanco y negro. A veces son dibujados a mano, otras veces son impresos o realizados por medio de procesos como la serigrafía.

Combos

In the world of stickers there is a great tradition of exchange with other creators from all over the planet. This is done for several reasons, most have a book or place where they collect the stickers from the different exchanges. Also with these changes (changes), you can reach new places, cities or foreign countries with your work, since the stickers are exchanged to be pasted in the destination city. These exchanges are usually carried out by mail and the design can also be sent to be printed by the recipient.

From these exchanges arise "combos", which consist of sticking a considerable number of stickers from several authors in the same space. These can also arise from a planned meeting in which several people stick their stickers at the same time, or simply that little by little a point is filled with stickers as they are placed.