FRIENDLY PLASTIC PELLETS - 1 bag approx 1 ounce.

Friendly Plastic Pellets are extremely versatile and easy to use.  They come uncoloured so you can create your own colour scheme.  Can be coloured with Alcohol Inks (my favourite because of the lovely marbled effects) but you can also use Perfect Pearls, Acrylic Paint, Model Paint, permanent ink markers etc.

Because they are in pellet form the easiest way to heat them is in hot water.  You can continue to heat in hot water (they go transparent when heated and back to white when cold) or you can transfer them to your Teflon Sheet to heat with the heat gun.  If you are rolling out your pellets to give a flat piece then place it between 2 Teflon Sheets - roll and then allow to cool slightly before removing one of the sheets).

Alcohol Inks can be added when hot by manipulating into the plastic whilst still warm (like kneeding bread) and this will colour the plastic all the way through.  Or they can be added when cold to colour just the surface (generally the preferred method).

The additional photos show examples of pieces worked with the plastic and the inks, foils etc but also see my inspiration page.