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Back to The Grindstone

Posted in Information, Other Peoples work, friendly Plastic on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

After a fabulous 2 week holiday in South Africa during which we experienced large amounts of rain, glorious sunshine that did not bake us to a cinder, winter storms, amazing and awe inspiring scenery, intriguing and beautiful flora, super friendly people, delicous food and wine and an assortment of curious animals (jackass penguins, a warthog, [...]

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Filigree Forms

Posted in Other Peoples work, Teaching and Talks, Textiles, friendly Plastic, jewellery, liz welch, tagged alcohol inks, Bags, bowls, boxes, class, classes, EYES, friendly Plastic, horncastle college, lacework, liz welch, metal flake, oooze, ooze, pigment powders, summer school, teaching, workshop, workshops on July 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Well what a weekend that was. I now know where Horncastle is (deepest Lincolnshire, in case you did not know), and I also know just how hard the East Yorkshire Embroidery Society ladies can work. I was invited to teach their summer school at Horncastle College which is a lovely venue about half an hour [...]

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More New Stuff

Posted in Colouring FP, Experiments, Information, Rare Bird, friendly Plastic, tagged adirondack alcohol inks, buttons, cords, friendly Plastic, laser mesh, new products, news, tags on July 1, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Adirondack Alcohol Inks (Brights and originals) are here; fabulous vibrant permanent colours that can be applied to the surface of your Friendly Plastic, or used to colour Friendly Plastic Pellets. In fact you can use them with any non porous surface. A tiny amount goes a long, long way. Apply the colour any way you like – with a brush, [...]

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