We will be working on a Shrink Art display for the international exhibition in Florida this summer. Emily Weichbrod will guide us in this process.
Hoping that we can get a video connection or recording for the demo.
Shrink Plastic Demo Supply List from Emily
If in person each person needs to bring:
Colored Pencils of choice
Reference of simple object (or idea of a simple object to draw)
“simple” being something you can draw in 30-40 minutes
Should be either 8.5 x 11 or 4.25 x 5.5 inches (full sheet vs half sheet)
3x 4 inch pieces of colored paper – white, black, mid-tone and a bright color. These can be construction paper, doesn’t have to be your nice paper 😊
I’ll bring:
8.5 x 11 inch sheets of Grafix shrink plastic
Some simple references and extra pencils (for those that forget and/or new people)
Heat gun and Toaster oven for shrinking
Examples – “before” and “after”
If online each person should have:
Colored pencils of choice
Reference of simple object (or idea of a simple object to draw)
“simple” being something you can draw in 30-40 minutes
Should be either 8.5 x 11 or 4.25 x 5.5 inches
3x 4 inch piece of colored paper – white, black, mid-tone and a bright color. These can be construction paper, doesn’t have to be your nice paper 😊
Grafix sanded shrink plastic – you can order a 6 pack from DickBlick: https://www.dickblick.com/items/grafix-shrink-film-85-x-11-sanded-shrink-film-clear-6-sheets/
Or if I have a list of people a few weeks in advance I can mail a couple sheets to each person (I have somewhere approaching 100 sheets, I can share!)
Heat source that can get to 325 degrees – heat gun or ovens are best.
Optional:
Scissors and/or single hole punch