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💪 An introduction to my plastic recycling heat

💪 An introduction to my plastic recycling heat press ♻️

This is Valeris (yes, named for the Star Trek lieutenant - all my making machines get geeky names eventually!)

Weighing in at 37kg, with a maximum pressing area of 20x20cm and producing heat on the upper and lower plates anywhere from 120°C to 250°C - this heat press has produced around 30 recycled acrylic sheets since arriving at my studio in February! 🏋️‍♀️

She requires constant supervision, and a little bit of adjustment during the pressing process to ensure a nice, even, flat recycled plastic sheet comes out. Machinery requires a skilled operator (hi!), and it takes time and learning to fine-tune the temperature settings for various materials 👷🏻‍♀️

Together, we make really beautiful, abstract and magical material sheets from my laser cut scraps. I currently use these recycled acrylic sheets to create one-off recycled jewellery pieces under my Metamorphia Recycled line (@metamorphia.recycled) 🪐

I'm so thankful that Valeris is really good with handling all the heat and pressure when it comes to squishing and fusing hard plastics!! 🔥

Studio Photography: @rodceballosphotography for @banyuleopenstudios and @textileartcommunity

💧Liquid State 🌊 Capsule collection coming t

💧Liquid State 🌊

Capsule collection coming to @incube8r Fitzroy for the VIVID exhibition. Opening date is TBA, as Melbourne is currently in lockdown.

Today, I'm playing with some new photography props which I bought a few months ago, and introducing some more styled concepts to my product photos. The minimalist white geometric shapes are a great backdrop for this incredibly colourful collection.

Eventually, I'll probably re-photograph older collections currently on my website, once I get more confident with setting these shots up. I am planning to laser cut some photography props as well. Jewellery is a three-dimensional, tangible product and the photos should reflect that!

At this stage, these earrings won't be a general release on my website, as the gradient acrylic has to be lined up very specifically on the laser cutter to achieve the tonal shift effect, on a small sheet of acrylic that is rather expensive due to its special finish. It is extremely difficult to replicate the exact same gradient each time.

💚 New branding in action ✨ Made a thing on t

👱🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️ The Laser Lady

👱🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️ The Laser Lady meets the Petal Queen ⚡🌸

Yesterday I met up with Ione of @ohhellopetal - a florist specialising in wedding florals and day-of-event design and planning - to chat about a secret new project for her business Oh Hello Petal (that involves laser cutting)!

Recently, we had a chat about baking over Instagram - on the specifics of how we, as creatives, approach baking as an art form - and how our respective partners bake with a more logical and scientific approach! 🍰🍞 🧁 we also live rather close to each other, and are around the same age (and height 😁!)

We met through the online small biz community @chromaticalclub last year, and there are a number of folks in the Chrommunity that I'd love to meet in real life. Same goes for maker and creator friends here!

Having spent a year working mostly from home has really affected a lot of my social life. I don't feel I really had a particularly busy one pre-pandemic, but actually seeing people in real life and having incidental interactions (such as meeting a coworker in the office kitchen) is something that I realise I've been really longing for 👋🏻

I love to geek out about laser cutting (that is my specialty!) but I do love to listen to other creative and small biz stories 👩🏻‍🎨 so, I might try to make this a regular thing, and pencil in a coffee/alternative beverage in person catchup with a small biz friend every so often, because human connection is such a wonderful thing.

Right now I'm trying to light that creative fire again in my business while waiting for additional materials for sampling my new collection, so speaking to and spending more time with fellow artists and makers seems like a good step forward! 💚🌟

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(image description: Ione, a woman with long blonde hair and a pale green jacket, and Christine, a woman with short dark green hair wearing a space themed beret, planet earrings and glasses, are both smiling and standing outside a cafe)

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