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crafting, tutorial · May 12, 2010

The Sintra Experiment

What is Sintra? I didn’t know either until I exhausted some poor student artist at the university bookstore with questions, who was also buying some. It was 75% off which came out to 65 cents each piece…so he looked excited about it… which made me curious.

He told me that it is mold-able and bendable when heated up in boiling water. Many people use it to mount photos. It is like a PVC plastic material and can be cut with a jig-saw like wood. He uses it to make models of things – wow way over my head.

So I thought I would give it a go and make them into something easy -BOWLS. I bought three pieces but only used two. I am going to bug a friend for her jig-saw with piece number three.

Okay…so this is what I did.
I took the Sintra…see kind of pricey for just a piece of plastic at the bookstore, but the student artist guy informed me that it is usually about $1.50 at other art stores. I am just glad I got it for 65 cents. 🙂

One big challenge was finding a pot wide enough to fit this large a piece of Sintra. I had to dip it in, in parts.

I brought water to a rolling boil and then dipped the plastic in one corner at a time for about 10-15 seconds. Then I bent it inward to make my bowl. It does take some muscle. I was sweating at the end probably from the steam from the boiling water but also from the work it took to bend it just right.

I went kind of crazy bending it this way and that. A little too crazy because as forgiving as Sintra is…it does have a breaking point:

I just bent this part in so the crack wouldn’t be exposed – shhhhh.

I wanted the bottom of my bowl to lie flatter than it was so I set it on top of the pot for about 15 seconds and then pressed it against the counter …and repeated this a couple of times until I was satisfied.

And done.

So not for everyone…pretty “modern art” looking, which I kind of totally love. 🙂

Now we have an extra fruit bowl….

…and a cool plate that can be used for chips and dip or for a party serving platter….I am thinking the black will be great for Halloween too. 🙂

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  1. Virginia says

    May 12, 2010 at 11:17 PM

    I have never seen that before. I want to go find some and try it myself! Thanks for sharing!

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  2. dana says

    May 13, 2010 at 3:25 AM

    oh wow. Never heard of that. Too cool. I had no idea where you were going with it the post at first. From the first pic, I was hoping you were sharing a yummy lime-tortilla chip recipe :).
    VERY COOL creation! I'll have to look into that.

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  3. Emma says

    May 14, 2010 at 10:19 AM

    Wow, I've never heard of Sintra before. Don't know if I can get it in the UK. The bowl looks AMAZING – like the fruit is just sitting in it's wrapping… go make more!!

    Reply
  4. Sandra says

    May 14, 2010 at 8:26 PM

    Cool, I've never seen anything like that!

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  5. Jes says

    May 14, 2010 at 9:09 PM

    How cool! Seen them before but never knew what it was called or that it was so easy!!

    Reply
  6. LeeAnne says

    May 17, 2010 at 11:51 PM

    hey taht looks really cool! i love the simple white with lots of pretty yellow lemons in it 😉

    Reply
  7. TheCraftInMe says

    May 22, 2010 at 4:19 PM

    Wow, thank you for this tutorial!
    This bowl looks so sophisticated, I love it. I've never heard of Sintra, now I've gotta go find some.

    Reply

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