What is plastic fusing?
This method requires melting or fusing different colours, shapes and texture of plastic (e.g bubble wrap, plastic bag etc.) together to create a fused surface that is waterproof. The temperature that is applied would produce a different result for when the heat is high, it melts and eats away the plastic, leaving holes on the plastic.
Materials needed:
Plastic of choice
Baking paper
Iron
How to do it:
Have your selection of plastics ready
Sandwich the plastics between two sheets of baking paper
Iron over
Layer more plastic over until desired effect has been achieved
Reflection:
Another method which I love. Again with the element of chance and surprise, there is a lack of control over the outcome here for the heat will create holes and each piece is unique. The holes also creates this lace like texture and melting plastic of different opacity over creates a different result. There is a lot to play with here and seeing how our everyday common and mundane material (our plastic bags and plastic straws) can actually offer us such interesting overlap of textures and forms leave me to wonder what other great textures I can create with our everyday materials.