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