"Shrink Plastic Jewelry" - Episode 5 on The Digital Story

Often referred to as "shrinky dinks," shrink plastic artwork is easy to create using your own images. In this video tutorial, Stephanie Scheetz shows you how to print your pictures on the special plastic surface, then place the media in an oven for magical transformation into beautiful jewelry. You even get to peer inside the oven as the transformation happens before your eyes. This is episode 5 of the ongoing Creative Output series on The Digital Story.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• shrink plastic art
• shrinky dinks
• shrink plastic jewelry
• Stephanie Scheetz
• Derrick Story
• The Digital Story
• Creative Output

[TheDigitalStory]

For you technical buffs, this video was recorded with a Canon 5D Mark II DSLR in full HD. I used a regular lav mic setup, but I did clean up the audio a bit in Adobe SoundBooth. We then edited the scenes and added transitions in iMovie 09. Finishing touches, such as the lower third titles were created in Boinx TV.

[lealoni1]

I like the oven scene where the plastic is shrinking in real time.

[jenna1818]

That is so awesome!! Super cool creation with the photos.

I saw this product at an online store and was hoping to see how this actually worked. Thanks so much for the video and also the information on where to get the product (even though I had already found it). I really appreciate a crafting video even more when the name of the product is given--too many of these crafting videos fail to this. Thanks!!

[nurita2000]

BUT THE INK COME OUT...I TRY TO DO IT..BUT THE INK WAS IN MY HANDS AND THEM THE PICTURE NEVER GET DRY...WHAT CAN I DO?

[Delisle4]

Excellent instructional video!!! Easy to understand!

Thanks.

[TormoC]

amazing!!! I really like it! Is it necessary to use a special printer for plastic shrink? Thanks

[Southerngirl619]

Thanks for sharing! Do you use any type of imaging software such as photoshop to resize the images prior to baking? I want my final pieces to be about 3-4 inch after baking.

[wendywii]

this is so great! Thanks for sharing xx

[Avatarlover85]

i like to watch them get little

[breezybeckler]

What kind of printer do you use? Is an inkjet printer ok?

[koradek]

Shrinky Dinks blew my mind when I was a kid.

[ja906]

Great vid!! Projects like these are so fun!!  Thanks for posting this.