Im so excited to present this to you from Jana! Read her comments....then go buy the magazine!
A few months ago I entered my first design challenge, hosted by Belle Armoire Magazine. The challenge was to design cuffs of any kind... so that is just what I did. I had a great time with the embellishments... as you can see, and I was delighted to see that they were chosen to be featured in the Nov-Dec. issue.
The Fracture and Fusion technique of fusing strips together on a griddle is one of the best Friendly Plastic Techniques developed. In this video Jen shows you just how easy it is to begin working with Friendly Plastic.
Well, I did promise a bunch of 5 minute videos! If you have something else you want to see how it's done, just let me know!
This video is going to show you several things. It will show you how to fuse strips using the griddle method. I'll show you how I use finger cots because my fingers just can't handle the heat. I show you how to tap strips together. And then I show you how to eliminate bubbles.
So, just watch this 3 or 4 times and you should be able to fuse your own Friendly Plastic strips together. What fun!!!
Even though SPI is moving NPE to Orlando, readers seem to be interested in the problems at the old venue, Chicago's McCormick Place. So here's a post to satisfy your craving for more information. First, check out James Ylisela Jr.'s...
I missed it, but one of our reporters notes that plastics health and safety issues were highlighted in the B story on last night's episode of "The Simpsons." Here's the context: Marge's attempts to placate the oversensitive mommies in her...
I wrote about plastics companies using social media last week, so today let's tackle a related topic -- critics of the plastics industry using social media. A reader suggested that I check out the entry for Polyethylene in Wikipedia. A...
As I was perusing Flickr's photo site for Friendly Plastic....I ran across this one and thought WOW! That looks like a dragon! And aptly so....Sparklestuff - the artist behind this work named it..."dragon".
This piece took me back to a trip to SanFrancisco a couple of years ago and visiting China town. I don't know what they were celebrating - but there was a parade of dragons down the street. It was fascinating!
Thanks Sparkle's for sharing your artwork on Flickr with all of us!
This is the second video in the Heating Method series by Liz Welch. These two videos are a MUST SEE if you have never worked with Friendly Plastic. Heating to the appropriate temperature and getting used to the differences in softening the plastic is crucial. After you learn that...well...then its a piece of cake.
A lot of plastics companies seem to be exploring social media these days. Interest in Twitter is growing, in addition to Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube ... you name it. Acrilex Inc., a producer and distributor of custom-colored acrylics, announced a major...
Three new technology forums at next year's Antec conference will explore ways to improve the environmental sustainability of plastics. The half-day forums will begin at 1:30 pm on three successive days of the May 16-20 conference in Orlando, Fla: On...
