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the technique zone skip to main skip to sidebar the technique zone a place to share craft techniques old and new monday 25 april 2011 piecework using friendly plastic friendly plastic piecework technique supplies needed 3 strips of friendly plastic rolling pin or tube strong scissors cooking oil small towel strong tin foil pokey tool or similar heat source heat gun thermometer the friendly plastic will only work if the water temperature is between 60 70 degrees celsius any lower and it will be too cool to melt the plastic any higher it will be too hot and the plastic will go all gooey you can simply have a pan on the gas or the electric hob if you have the choice i would recommend the hairdryer style heat gun opposed to the other type if you only have the other type it s not a problem but just keep in mind it gets hotter quicker cut some strips off your plastic in differing widths arrange them in a pleasing order taking the opposite ends you are going to tack them together using the hot water place the opposite ends in the water for about 10 seconds bring them out and push them together as above they should look like this they won t feel that stable as you ve only attached them together at each end carry on with the pairs tacking them together as above once they are done take 2 sets of 2 and tack them together using the same process so above i have tacked a 2 and a 2 and a 2 and a 2 and a single piece i then took the 2 pieces above and tacked them together so now i have a full strip place the full strip on a piece of tin foil float it in the hot water after about 10 15 seconds push the tin foil in the water and the strip should submerge itself leave in for about 20 25 seconds you can tell if the plastic has melted enough as when you pull it out it will bend on the foil if it does not bend it needs to stay in longer once out of the water rub a tiny bit of household cooking oil on your finger rub it over the creases this will smooth it and fill in any gaps without leaving your finger prints on the plastic take a small rolling pin tube and roll once over the strip then place in cold water to cool after 20 seconds pull it out of the water and dry it off the tin foil can be used again and again and again take your strip and cut thinner strips off in different widths again this time length ways as shown above mix the strips until you are happy with the way they look the same as above using the exact same process tack the first 2 pieces together and so on until all 5 strips are tacked together dunk in the hot water again exactly the same as you did when making the first strip pull it out the hot water put some cooking oil on your finger rub along the joins roll once with your rolling pin or tube dunk in the cold water to cool for about 20 seconds dry off on the towel and this is your piece of piecework friendly plastic the piecework technique was founded by liz welch and i strongly recommend that you check out both her blog and her dvd bend it shape it without it this tutorial would not have been possible posted by sam21ski at 12 08 am 8 comments labels piecework older posts home subscribe to posts atom join our craft forum join in the chat and swaps followers intro this blog was created to share with you my experiences of crafting techniques old and new i am going to give step by step instructions with photos to allow everyone to join in and have fun please feel free to print and use any of the projects and techniques mentioned for your own personal use but please do not reproduce an exact copy and claim it as your own please share any of the techniques and ideas you have seen on this site with your fellow crafters please link back to this site if at all possible labels acetate 1 acrylic backgrounds 1 acrylic paint 1 adirondack acrylic dabbers 1 alcohol inks 3 bandana 1 beeswax 1 canvas 1 caught in crystal 1 clay 1 clear tape technique 1 colour layering 1 cracked glass effect 1 credit card backgrounds 1 cuttlebug 2 cuttlebug embossing 2 distressed ink watermark 1 distressed inks 1 eggshells 1 embossing 1 fabric 1 faux leather backgrounds 1 faux linen 1 gesso 1 gesso technique 1 heat embossing 1 kitchen roll stamp 1 lemon juice burning 1 masking tape technique 1 masking with peel offs 1 masking with stamps 1 memory glass 1 peel offs 1 peeled paint 1 piecework 1 raster screen grid 1 recycling 1 resist stamping 1 rock salt rocks 1 shaving foam backgrounds 1 slide mount box 1 spritzed re inkers 1 stampbord 1 stamping 1 stamping in soot 1 stamping on candle 1 tape lift stamping technique 1 textures 1 tissue paper 1 toilet tissue technique 1 transfer 2 transparency 1 wax and walnut crystals 1 waxed paper 1 blog archive 2011 2 april 1 piecework using friendly plastic january 1 2009 9 october 1 september 1 august 1 march 1 february 2 january 3 2008 36 december 1 september 5 august 30 about me view my complete profile