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Sunday, July 22, 2007

Loving shrink plastic


P6220068, originally uploaded by edwardandlilly.

I discovered shrink plastic a while ago. It's really hard to find in Brisbane and I ended up findng an online quilting shop in Caboolture that stocks it. I used permanent ink markers so the drawings didn't rub off and made a series of brooches, you can check out more of them on my flickr page. The ink still rubs off a bit so I think I'll have to varnish them somehow.

2 comments:

  1. i love shrink plastic, i get mine from the stamp trap, in Brisbane at Geebung.

    i love what you've done with it

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  2. The standard material for soft plastic bottles is low-density polyethylene (LDPE). It is resistant to most household chemicals, acids, bases, and temperatures.

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