{"id":6618,"date":"2009-11-08T03:41:40","date_gmt":"2009-11-08T10:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=6618"},"modified":"2013-06-18T17:15:16","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T00:15:16","slug":"friendly-plastic-beads-poppy-flower-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/friendly-plastic-beads-poppy-flower-shape\/6618\/","title":{"rendered":"Friendly Plastic Beads in the Shape of a Poppy Flower"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Friendly“Seeing lots of different ideas can trigger the imagination
\nand get you to consider something which you might otherwise ignore.” ~Sue-F<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Awhile ago I was chatting away on Twitter with Becky Finch from AMACOCrafts<\/a> (you know… the company that makes the<\/em> pasta machines<\/a>, tri-bead rollers<\/a> and<\/em> bead baking racks<\/a>). She asked if I was interested in testing out their Friendly Plastic<\/a> product.<\/span><\/p>\n

The last time I had played with this stuff was way back in the 80’s. So I thought it would be fun to give it another go. Plus, it’s always a fun to try and come up with creative ways to combine other mediums with polymer clay.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"FriendlyAny way, Becky so kindly sent me some of the colorful strips of plastic to see what I might come up with it.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is a completely different product than polymer clay to work with. The material comes in long thin strips (2″ x 6″) of semi hard plastic in lots of pretty metallic colors and patterns. It is easily cut with scissors and it is manipulated and formed by using low heat to soften it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Heat guns, griddles, boiling water, toaster oven or even a coffee cup warmer can be used to melt it and get it to stick to each other. You can layer it, ink it, embed it in resin, form it and do all sorts of other cool things.<\/span><\/p>\n

After playing around with the strips for a bit, I ended up making a trio of Friendly Plastic Poppy Beads (see photo at top of this page), <\/em>using a similar but modified technique to the one I teach for making Polymer Clay Poppy Beads<\/a>. Even used the same Studio by Sculpey Style and Detail Tools<\/a> to form the basic poppy flower shape.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although this Friendly Plastic took a bit of getting used for me, as compared to my polymer clay, I found that it has a lot of potential. The things people are doing with it has come a long ways since the 80’s!<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve got some more ideas rolling around in my head for combining it with polymer clay, so when I do come up with something, I’ll certainly let you know. Thank you Becky for the opportunity to stretch my mind a little.<\/span><\/p>\n

So have any of you guys ever worked with Friendly Plastic? Have you ever tried combining it with polymer clay in any way? I’d love to hear your thoughts on this!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cindy\"Polymer<\/p>\n

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