What ever happened to....

Friendly Plastic?? Does anyone remember that stuff? Just wondering....I
was looking at dichro pendants on eBay, and noticed that a LOT of them look
just like Friendly Plastic, LOL )

--
Kyla
"Just remember...if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off."

you can still get friendly plastic, and tools with which to work it... try
the local craft store... Often it's located near or with the polyclay.
It's great fun stuff!
b

"Kyla" wrote in message
m...
Friendly Plastic?? Does anyone remember that stuff? Just wondering....I
was looking at dichro pendants on eBay, and noticed that a LOT of them
look
just like Friendly Plastic, LOL )

--
Kyla
"Just remember...if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off."

KYLA -- don't they, though? LOL. I started out in FP. I know exactly what
you mean. The technique is the same -- cut color pieces and lay them over each
other, then melt until they all stick together!


Becki
"In between the moon and you, the angels have a better view of the crumbling
difference between wrong and right." -- Counting Crows

You can also cut smallish pieces of fp and lay them side by side, heat to
melting, and "drag" the colors together to marble. Looks wonderful,
especially if at least one of the colors is metallic.! (can you tell I've
done a demo or two?)

b
"BeckiBead" wrote in message
...
KYLA -- don't they, though? LOL. I started out in FP. I know exactly
what
you mean. The technique is the same -- cut color pieces and lay them over
each
other, then melt until they all stick together!


Becki
"In between the moon and you, the angels have a better view of the
crumbling
difference between wrong and right." -- Counting Crows

On 07 Jan 2004 12:20:11 GMT, uybeads (BeckiBead) wrote:

KYLA -- don't they, though? LOL. I started out in FP. I know exactly what
you mean. The technique is the same -- cut color pieces and lay them over each
other, then melt until they all stick together!

Well....not exactly...with friendly plastic
you don't have to stop to wipe off the blood and
put on a band-aid if you handle it wrong....

What I really can't stand is when someone comes
up to my booth at a show and points to a dichro
piece and squeals, "oh, I know what that is, it's
Friendly Plastic!" Then they don't believe me when
I tell them that it's glass. Even when I have them
handle it and they can't put a dent in it with a fingernail,
a coin, whatever. The really dense ones (after all of
that), want to know why I charge so much for plastic.
I grit my teeth, try to smile and tell them again, I
don't use plastic in any of my work. That's if there
are other potential customers around. If not, I tell
them they're too dumb to remain in the gene pool
and to please leave. I can only take so much dumb.
Barbara
Dream Master
www.dreamweaverstudio.com

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
~~ Albert Camus

Barbara -- no disrespect meant.


Becki
"In between the moon and you, the angels have a better view of the crumbling
difference between wrong and right." -- Counting Crows

The technique is the same -- cut color pieces and lay them over each
other, then melt until they all stick together!

"I like to melt stuff."
~ Frank, Phoebe's brother (on Friends)
~~
Sooz
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"Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John
Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance
~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html

What I really can't stand is when someone comes
up to my booth at a show and points to a dichro
piece and squeals, "oh, I know what that is, it's
Friendly Plastic!" Then they don't believe me when
I tell them that it's glass. Even when I have them
handle it and they can't put a dent in it with a fingernail,
a coin, whatever.

Barbara,
As a fellow dichroic glass artist, I know EXACTLY what you mean.
Also, fp has nowhere near the depth or constant color play change that you
achieve with Dichroic glass. Not to mention that dichro is about 18 times more
expensive than fp.
Patti

I also know what you mean. I can't stand it when they won't believe it's
not fp. Ugh!