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Friendly Plastic Strips go to Iceland where Klara makes Beautiful Friendly Plastic Jewelry

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
That's right...Friendly Plastic has made it's way to Iceland - How cool is that? 

I've been corresponding with a lady who has watched our Friendly Plastic segments on Cool2Craft and followed this blog.  Although she had never tried Friendly Plastic she was inspired to give it a whirl!  So she contacted me and asked where to buy Friendly Plastic.  I was able to hook her up.

She just emailed that she received her package and look what she's already made using Friendly Plastic strips - Beautiful Friendly Plastic jewelry!



Klara was kind enough to upload these to Facebook where she tagged me to see.  I think this is awesome!!! Wow!  THANK YOU Klara!

CrafTECH University offers an on-demand class on how to use Friendly Plastic in a class called "Fusion Illusion". It's an excellent overview of all the basics you will need to create Friendly Plastic jewelry too. 

Also, peruse this blog for Free Friendly Plastic projects, instructions and how to videos.

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Friendly Contradictions by Mylene Hillam

Sunday, July 11th, 2010
Last weekend, I got to spend a whole day at the Bead and Gem Show in Brisbane and I can't tell you how much of a treat it was. I love talking to people who share my passion for beads, findings and stringing materials. It was such a pleasant way to spend my day off.

But of course, I didn't go to the show just to chat to people.... I was on a shopping mission! I found a whole range of great tools for my jewellery studio - tools which I didn't even know that I needed until I saw them! But as they say, you can never have too many tools and I promise that I will play and experiment with them. No doubt they will add another dimension to my work.

Amongst the wonderful array of beads and findings on display, I was hoping to find some glass pearls and crystal dangles to suit one of my marbled Friendly Plastic cutouts but I left it behind in my studio - not very helpful!

It's really hard to "remember" exactly how a colour looks and our minds play funny tricks on us. We remember it as being darker or lighter or sometimes we pick the wrong tone altogether. Colour matching from memory is something I don't recommend - too often I have come home with the wrong colour beads, despite having a good sense of colour. But this time my memory got it right - light olive pearls and dark olive crystals in just the right shade!

I've teamed them with a vintage-inspired brass chain and an unusual cameo, both from Vintage Groove by Making Memories.
Lady Olivine
I love how this piece is so contradictory - it is neither modern nor vintage..... and yet, it is both! The colours are modern and yet they're not; the cameo is vintage and yet it's not. Contradictions!

This is one of the wonderful things about Friendly Plastic; add a bit of sparkle and it will complement the bright metallic foil. Or tone it down with some aged brass and it works equally as well. Or do as I've done with Lady Olivine and use them together to create a modern vintage effect.

Happy creating!


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Friendly Plastic on Cool2Craft Live Monday

Sunday, July 4th, 2010
You can do ALOT with a little Friendly Plastic.  Watch LIVE as Linda Peterson demonstrates how to make a cool - beach themed pendant with bits and pieces of Friendly Plastic on Cool2Craft Live
Monday - 12 eastern (GMT -6:00)





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Can’t get enough Friendly Plastic?

Thursday, June 17th, 2010
If that's the case and "if" you live in Australia...this may just be your lucky day!  Read on:
Mylene Hillam writes:

A big hello to all the lovely crafters who stopped by the Stamp Antics stand at the Scrapbook and Papercrafts Expo to say hello and check out what Friendly Plastic is all about. I hope you picked up lots of valuable pointers and are inspired to create your own wonderful Friendly Plastic projects.


But what's that, I hear? You didn't get enough Friendly Plastic info on the weekend! Well, don't despair.... you can get more. Why not get some hands on experience in a class situation where you'll learn how to work with Friendly Plastic first hand. The Lumpy, Bumpy, Spotty and Dotty class has sold out, but I'm doing a repeat class on the 22nd June so you don't have to miss out on learning how to make this fun and sparkly bracelet. Give Stamp Antics a call (3393 3022) and the girls will be happy to book you in.


Can't make it to the classes? Well, for members of the Bribie Island Community Arts Centre, you'll be able to come along for a session on Friendly Plastic on Thursday 8th July. I'll be your host for the morning and will take you through all the basics of working with Friendly Plastic. Time permitting, I'll also show some more advanced techniques. And to get you really excited about the possibilities of working with Friendly Plastic I'll have a large display of pieces so that you can begin to see the possibilities of working with this wonderfully versatile medium.


I have more demos and classes scheduled for later in the year both locally and interstate so keep checking my class schedule and also the sidebar of my blog (Where you'll find me) for details.


In my next post I'll be working with all those lovely demo pieces and I'll show a little bit of a "how to".


'Til then.... keep crafting!




Make sure you check out all of Mylene's work on her website at:  www.milllanestudio.com






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Entangled in zentangle

Friday, June 4th, 2010
A few months back I posted an article about Zentangle.  It truely is for everyone and anyone can do it and make great art!

It is an artform that is becoming increasingly popular and is spreading into international waters too!

Australian artist Mylene Hillam shares her rendition of zentangle in this beautifully designed necklace.



I think this is simply stunning - don't you?  To see more of this story and get more inspiration visit Mylene's blog at http://www.milllanestudio.blogspot.com/

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Beautiful bangles by Karine Collignon

Monday, May 10th, 2010



I encourage everyone to check out Karine Collignon's BijiouxArtCreation website.  Simply gorgeous work with a French flair!

Lots of eye candy sure to be food for the artful soul!


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Dotty Spotty Knotty Beads by Mylene Hillam

Saturday, May 8th, 2010
FAQ- Can you create beads in Friendly Plastic? Well....here's proof!  Read Mylene's artricle about her bead making journey!


Or maybe you just call them polka dot! Got any idea what I'm talking about? No? Then read on........


I had a brilliant idea last night. Actually it came to me many months ago but it wasn't until last night that I could see how my idea might work. I've wanted to do this for such a long time but wasn't sure the idea would translate very well into Friendly Plastic and last night was the night I decided to test it out.


By now you must be thinking that I've come up with the most clever Friendly Plastic idea ever, but that couldn't be further from the truth. You see, I'm talking about Bumpy Beads, just like those colourful glass beads that glass artists make. But, as with many of the Friendly Plastic beads I make, they are not meant to mimic the real thing, I've just borrowed a style and translated it into Friendly Plastic.What a bunch of fun beads! And I've really enjoyed making them up into a these cool bracelets.
Vibrant pink and Black
Delicate Pinks
Dramatic Black
Soft Green and Blue


I'm thinking that this could go in a lot of different directions and I'll try to combine some other ideas with the spots in future bead making sessions so look out for those in the coming weeks. I'm also thinking this might mean making bigger beads so that I can incorporate different design elements on the one bead.


Hope you've enjoyed today's eye candy.


'Til next time,
Myléne

Mylene - These are simply gorgous and remind me of expensive blown glass beads!  You can find Mylene's work for sale on her website at:  www.milllanestudio.com


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RareLizzie – Liz Welch featured in UK Jewelry Magazines for Friendly Plastic

Friday, May 7th, 2010
We always strive to keep up with the latest in Friendly Plastic.  Thanks to Liz for letting us know about her two articles in UK based magazines.  I am pretty sure that copies are available in the states at Barnes and Noble:

Please visit Liz's blog for more inspiration and wonderly juicy crafty eye candy:  http://www.rarelizzie.wordpress.com/

She writes:


I seem to be always apologising: Once again the apology is for severe lack of posts over the last few weeks, and of course the usual excuse still applies -I have been very very busy recently. However, I do want to tell you that the Oooze and Aahhs class I ran at Husqvarna in Nottingham at the end of April went down well, and I think one or two folk got the FP bug as a result. Unfortunately I completely forgot to take my camera so I have no pictures to show you. The next class “Get Stuck In” is on May 22nd when we will be exploring how to use Friendly Plastic with all sorts of other things such as wire, watch parts, charms, yarns, sequins and found objects. For a better description, click on the Classes tab at the top of the page.
By way of compensation I can tell you that if you take a look at Making Jewellery Magazine this month you will find a double page spread that I wrote all about making beads with Friendly Plastic.
The article is aimed at introducing Friendly Plastic to those that already make jewellery but are unfamiliar with FP, in an attempt to reach a wider audience than FP currently receives. I hope to write some more articles for the magazine soon.
I have also just written something for Make Jewellery Magazine (similar titles but very different style) for the July issue which is again a double page spread and has a small Ooozey project using Angelina fibres to make a heart pendant. It is not proper for me to show you the project right now, but when the magazine is published I will give you a glimpse!
I think I mentioned in a previous post about a 6.5 m “textile” piece I have been creating for the next Nolitex exhibition TideLine at Sam Scorer Gallery in Lincoln from 13th – 25th July, well I have had a number of unsuccessful attempts to photograph it and my photographer friend and I planned to go to the coast near Skegness to create the right setting for the work. The weather had thwarted us, but with more optimism than was sensible we struck out for Skeggy on Sunday with the dog and a huge box containing my piece, leaving just enough room for my niece to fit in the car too. After tramping through swathes of dry soft sand with a gale blowing in our faces, we eventually found a great spot for Sarah to work her magic. Having just maneuvered the piece into position and taken out the cameras, we got about 2 shots before the driving rain began.
It is not easy to beat a hasty retreat with all the gear, a huge box, and a dog covered in sand through the really soft and shifting dunes. But after a cup of tea and a very hot and fresh bowl of chips (fries to all of you across the Pond), the sky looked clear enough to chance another attempt at some photography.
This time we had more success, and even enjoyed 30 second bursts of sunshine. I hasten to add that it does not mean that the weather was warm, far from it; the wind was icy, but we managed to get some photos and by way of a sneak preview I show them to you now.
The piece is called “On The Strand” and measures 6.5m in length
It is in essence a very large necklace made up with “beads” of hardened cotton cord, Friendly Plastic, wire and recycled beads from a charity shop. In a previous post I showed you the picture below and asked what you thought they were made of.
Of course the answer was Friendly Plastic, but the scale was difficult to judge; now you can get a better idea of the scale, particularly when I tell you that the largest bead in the necklace is almost 1ft (30cm) across.
Sarah is a professional photographer at Derek Whitehouse Photography an she has been asked to photograph some very weird things in her time. She is also not a fan of sand (huge understatement), so I can only say a huge thank you to you Sarah for spending your precious Sunday with me on the sand in the rain in Skegness! And just in case you are wondering, these photos are from my camera and not Sarah’s, hers will be really fabulous.
She has also photographed my other major piece for the exhibition and I hope to be able to give you a sneak preview soon. This one is only 2m high though. Working big used to terrify me, but now it seems to be the only way to express myself. However, in the Autumn, I will be exhibiting with DOT (Designs On Textiles) which is a computer design group and the only piece I have completed for that is less than 8” square – maybe I am having an identity crisis!


I had no idea that those beads were that big! Did you?  and who would have guessed that they were Friendly Plastic?  WOW! Amazing artwork.  I am always so blown away by all the talent that I see with Friendly Plastic. 

If you are in the UK - you can get your Friendly Plastic supplies at:  http://www.rarebird.co.ltd/
In the US- please visit:  http://www.friendlyplasticmarketplace.com/





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Friendly Plastic and Polymer Clay by Kris Smith

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
As a polymer clay artist and addict, I was a little hesitant at first to try Friendly Plastic...in fact my first attempts were less that pleasant.  Im not a quitter though and I was determined to learn the curve even if it made me crazy.  Im so glad I did because the reality is .... Friendly Plastic is a wonderful medium, that can do things polymer clay can't and vise versa.  It's a great compliment to polymer clay as you will see in this post by Kris of KriSmithBlog.  She Share's her story:



My friend Marlys and I took a class on bead making. We made beads from Friendly Plastics. It was a lot of fun. This is a bracelet that I made out of two of the Friendly plastic beads that Marlys made and several of my polymer clay beads.






We took the class through the DSM Public Scools Community Education. Check it out.


www.dmps-adulted.org/classes.html






Robin Paul taught the class and we had a great time.


http://www.madhausgallery.com/









There are two upcoming events featuring polymer clay beads and Friendly  Plastic:

Cool2Craft - Monday May 10 - Polymer clay beads
Cool2Craft - Monday May 17 - Fun with Friendly Plastic

Check the website for your local times.  http://www.cool2craft.com/

Friendly Plastic is available at:  http://www.friendlyplasticmarketplace.com/
Online classes - CrafTECHUniversity.com


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Cool 2 Craft and Friendly Plastic

Monday, April 26th, 2010
 Im hoping you were able to join us on Cool2Craft Live today!  If you weren't....well dontcha worry one little bit because the show is archived!  (link will be posted just as soon as it becomes available ) - so check back.





 Dont forget about the FRIENDLY PLASTIC ADDICTS CLUB - A $62 value for only $30

One of the biggest questions I receive on a daily basis is where to buy FP!  If you don't have access to a Hobby Lobby in your area, well...it's been a little challenging.  So to fill that need I have set up the FRIENDLY PLASTIC MARKETPLACE .  This will be your one stop shop for FRESH - NO SNAPPER Friendly Plastic and all related tools and accessories.  The site is in its infancy stages.  I am set to receive a huge order this week and will be setting up Color Packs of my favorite colors.  If you are a ADDICT...then you will receive a 25% discount on your order - all the time!  Also you'll be able to find out and sign up for FP Online LIVE and interactive Classes using this site.

Thanks to all of our daily readers for your continued support.  I hope this enhances your experience.

Tomorrow I'll be featuring more Spring Jewelry from your favorite featured FP artists...so stay tuned
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