Techniques by Jana Ewy & Friends

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Fracture and Fusion

Technique courtesy of designer Jana Ewy

Cut (fracture) Friendly Plastic® into strips. Soften and fuse the strips of plastic together on a little gold pan, using the griddle. Remove the pan from the griddle and allow the plastic to cool completely. Remove the fused plastic from the pan and cut (fracture) it into strips. Turn every other strip, the opposite direction creating a mosaic type patter. Place the strips back in the pan and re-soften to fuse these strips of plastic together. Once the fusion is complete, remove the pan from the griddle.

Allow the plastic to cool completely or use shaped cutters to cut out a variety of shapes while the plastic is still soft. See AMACO’s Friendly Plastic Craft Library for a variety of projects using this technique.

Projects:

Butterfly necklace by Jana Ewy.

Cuff bracelet by Jana Ewy.

Dragonfly pendant necklaces by Jana Ewy.

Filigree bookmark by Jana Ewy.

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