This rare and very hard to find book featuring Friendly Plastic is for sale on ebay - click on this link to find out more information. Personally, Ive never seen this book before....so it would be a great addition to your collection.
Jen Lowe is creating up a storm and in this video she shows you how to use whimsical images to create fun faces in Friendly Plastic that just make you smile! She also shares a funny - yet life lesson on her blog so go there and check that out! Click here!
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Thanks to google alerts, I've "discovered" yet another Friendly Plastic artist creating some amazing Friendly Plastic artwork.
These are called Patchwork People Pins and as the artist states they can be created to represent your family. Particularly this time of year, brooches are popular items with which to accessorize your wearables.
She travels to art shows in the Cincinatti area...so if you're close, stop by and see them in person!
There's sooooo much more to see in her etsy store...so click here!
Great job!!!
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Im happy to offer a new artist.....okay...not a "NEW" new artist...but one who is new to Friendly Plastic. Artist Eve Lynch of Kraken Mosaics is a mixed media artist, working primarily with glass. BUT....she happened to stumble across some Friendly Plastic on Etsy and knew she just had to try it.
Here she shares her story:
I discovered Friendly Plastic a few months ago when I was hell bent on making mosaic jewelry like I found in a book. After reading the artist's directions, I searched the internet for WAY too long looking for some type of magical material that would allow me to embed glass and gems into it in order to make small mosaic brooches. The book's recommended product was referred to as "plastic cement" but I seriously think it was included to send the reader on a wild goose chase because I couldn't find anything of the sort. My exhaustive search ended when I gave up but did result in me finding this really interesting product.
Apparently, Friendly Plastic was all the rage in summer camp circles but I had never heard of it before. I found a Friendly Plastic shop on Etsy and bought a few sticks in a bunch of yummy colors. The product has endless possibilities but as far as adding it to mosaic work, I think the closest thing it resembles is dichroic glass. It is finicky to work with - I suffered through a good bit of trial and error - but ultimately it is easiest to work with if you use a heat gun. I created a few little inclusions for my Dark Side of the Moon set using it.
The shiny turquoise circle with the black and silver spot on the top is FP. I was really intrigued by the product's metallic colors. It is sort of like poor man's dichroic glass and it is much easier to cut and meld to your will. I cut the pieces for this with scissors! Something I wish I could do with glass!!
Friendly Plastic artist Jana Ewy really has the material down to a science. She has mastered using this stuff and she sells some of her jewelry in her Etsy shop. Can you believe this gorgeous bracelet that looks like glass is really made from plastic sticks that cost under $2 each? WOW.
And this cute little tea cup pin found on Etsy in Pinderella's shop is also made with Friendly Plastic, although the seller lists the materials used to create it as "acrylic". That metallic pink finish is fantastic! See why I fell in love with this stuff?!
I still have quite a bit of FP left and I'm not sure I have the time to master another craft but I'm going to keep the wheels turning and maybe I'll find some way to include this stuff in my mosaic work. It is worth experimenting with.
You can view more of her artwork in her web gallery by clicking here.
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Today marked a milestone for plastics in the transportation sector, with the first flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner -- the plane you've been hearing about for so long that saves fuel through widespread use of structural composites. A live...
Mylene has really been on a creative spree lately and her blog is ooozing with all sorts of luscious creative goodness.
If you find that your Friendly Plastic is in need of a little flair....well get busy! WRITE NOW!!
Mylene shares:
Since I first started making these delectable Friendly Plastic pens, I'd been promising myself I'd find some nicer pens for the base.
There was nothing wrong with the pens I was using. In fact they are great for the budget end of my line of pens (check them out in the Friendly Plastic Gallery page at Mill Lane Studio). But I really wanted to also have a more upmarket end to the range and so I'm now introducing pens made with beautiful metallic nibs and ends. The ones below are all slimline pens but there will also be some wider barrelled pens too. These new additions will be available for purchase from my website in the next few days, just in time for a last minute Christmas gift purchase for that special person on your Christmas list.
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These new additions will be available for purchase from my website in the next few days, just in time for a last minute Christmas gift purchase for that special person on your Christmas list.