Friendly
Plastic Projects
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Heart Brooch By Jana Ewy
Materials
Friendly
Plastic® – one each Teal/Black, Purple/Black, Avocado/Black,
Swirl/Blue,Green/Blue
Brass WireMesh® – one sheet
Gold Fun Wire™ (24 Gauge)
1 Gold Jump Ring
1 8mm Gold Bead
1 Teal Triangle E-Bead
1 Purple Seed Bead
Paper Crimper
Scissors
Round Nose Jewelry Pliers
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Step
1 Using the strip blending technique, cut the plastic into 1/4"
strips and place them on a non-stick baking sheet in the following
order: teal, purple, avocado, swirl and green. Soften the plastic
in the oven per the instructions on the package.
Step 2 Blend the colors together by drawing the needle tool
through the softened plastic in an “S” shape wave. Continue
to blend the plastic until you have a pleasing design. Allow the
cut lines to seal back together. Cool the plastic and remove it
from the baking sheet. Trace the heart pattern on the back and cut
out. Punch a 1/16" hole in the bottom point of the heart.
Step
3 Cut a 5" length of Fun Wire™. Fold in half forming
a loop at the top and twist together. Place a purple seed bead,
a turquoise seed bead, a gold spacer bead, a triangle bead and
a 8mm gold bead on the twisted wire. Form the remaining wire into
a spiral. Use a jump ring to attach to the heart.
Step 4 Trace the wing pattern on the mesh and cut out.
Pass the wings through the crimper.
Step 5 Cut two 12" lengths of Fun Wire™. Fold
in half and twist together. Following the pattern, bend the wire
into the wing shape. Glue the wire wings onto the mesh wings.
Glue the wings to the upper part of the heart before attaching
the pin back.
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| Pinwheel
Jewelry Plant Stake By Jana Ewy
Materials
AMACO®
Friendly Plastic® — one each:
Turquoise/Blue
Avocado/Black
Purple/Black
Swirl/Blue
Fuchsia/Black
Burnt Orange/Black
Orange Copper/Black
Gold/Black
AMACO® Fun Wire™ — Clear/Silver (24 &
18 Gauge)
1/8" Eyelets and Eyelet Tool
1/8" Leather Hole Punch and Hammer
Teardrop Bead
Silver Head Pin and Jump Ring
Round Nose Jewelry Pliers
AMACO® Needle Tool
Scissors
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Step
1 Cut the plastic into triangle pieces and place one of each
color on the baking sheet in the pattern shown below. Make different
size pinwheels by cutting different size triangles.
Step 2 Soften the Friendly Plastic® according to the
package instructions. Using a needle tool, start in the center of
the softened plastic and slowly draw outward in a spiral motion.
Allow the cut lines to seal back together. Cool the plastic and
remove it from the baking sheet.
Step 3 Make a 1/8" hole into the center of the plastic
pinwheel with the leather punch and a hammer. Place a 1/8"
eyelet into the hole and secure it with the eyelet tool.
Step 4 Cut a 32" length of 24 gauge wire and wrap it
around the pinwheel in a random pattern. Secure the wire on the
back.
Step 5 Cut a 36" length of 18 gauge wire, bend in half
around the round nose pliers and twist tightly leaving a loop at
one end. This forms the base or stake. Insert the twisted wire stake
through the eyelet center of the pinwheel. Slide the pinwheel up
against the loop. Cut a 16" length of 18 gauge wire. Make 4
wraps with it around the twisted wire stake, just behind the pinwheel
to secure it into place. Form a random design with the remainder
of the wire. See photo.
Step 6 Cut a 16" length of 22 gauge wire. Make 4 wraps
with it around the twisted wire stake just under the wraps made
with the 18 gauge wire. Twist and spiral the remainder of this wire
around the stake as shown in the photo. Tightly wrap the end of
the wire around the stake to secure.
Step 7 Grip the stake with the pliers just behind the pinwheel
and bend the wire 45 degrees.
Step 8 Place the teardrop bead onto the head pin and form
a loop at the point of the bead with the round nose pliers. Add
the bead where desired using a jump ring. |
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