After finding the imagery online rather dull when searching for plastic that had been melted, reformed or 'bruised' I decided to have my own go at creating something a little more exciting visually. I initially planned on melting down plastic bottle lids, but realised this would be difficult to get them to fuse together just under an oven's grill and would be more likely to poison my housemate with toxic fumes. So instead, I tried out a few other ways, using less heavy-duty plastic.
First, I started by layering a baking tray in grease proof paper and layering strips of different coloured plastic bag. This didn't really work as everything just kind of shriveled into a weird lumpy ball in the middle so I decided to trap the pieces of plastic bag between two pieces of clingfilm. I knew clingfilm would melt faster so hopefully hold everything together. It worked!!
After my first couple of using just plastic, I chose to add dazzle dust and glitter in between the clingfilm.
Above are some before they made it into the oven. Below, are my results :)
As you can see the results from this were pretty varied but I love the difference in appearance from each one. The only thing i was slightly disappointed with was the size of the pieces, which shrunk to a lot smaller than the size of the tray. I did have some vague idea of creating a body suit for my model from these pieces but I am sure I'll find a way to incorporate them into my work. Anyway, this mini project has given some really nice visuals to work with.
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