Intaglio Shrink Plastic

Shrink Plastic has been around for probably decades in the stamping industry. Great product and always a treat for people who haven't been exposed to it before. Of course, the worst thing that happens is it occasionally gets stuck to itself....always when you've done a great job of colouring and stamping and everything looks wonderful....'til it sticks! A light dust with talc and brush off the excess before you shrink and it shouldn't stick anymore!

For this technique I'll be teaching the Intaglio method of stamping into shrink. In other words, shrink first, stamp after. A nicely impressed piece of shrink plastic is the result. Of course because you are stamping after shrinking, the stamped piece will be the normal stamp size instead of shrunk, so take this into consideration. Some samples.

"Side Effects"...

"Bound"...
"Underwater"...

"Organically Grown"...

There will probably be more of these shrink plastic samples in my next post coming up after my other two atc classes on Tuesday and Thursday of next week.

The atc below is my final one from the previous technique, credit card backgrounds. Love the colours in this one.....first coat was Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold (Golden Paints), then Carbon Black (Jo Sonja) and finally Titanium White (Jo Sonja).

"Lustful"...

Finally, an atc from a couple of techniques ago - Hammered Chip. It's the frame that's been dusted with the Perfect Pearls and then hammered to give a textured surface.


"Delicate Creature"...