The market for needlework, children's and adult creativity is constantly updated with various materials. One of the newest is Foamiran. This article is written for those who want to learn more about the Foamiran, what it is and what can be done with it.
New material for creativity
Friend, Fom Eva, Foam, Plastic or Artificial Suede is all the synonyms of the word Foamiran. The name of the material happened from the English word Foam - foam. And judging by the appearance of the material, it is justified. The second part of the word "Iran" occurred from the name of the country of the manufacturer of this material. In addition, Iran is the main supplier of jelly on our market. Externally, the Foamiran is like a thin, light velvety suede. But, speaking with a chemical language, Foamiran is a foamed ethylenevinyl acetate (EVA), respectively, its properties are close to the properties of rubber.
Properties of jellis:
- The main advantage of Foamiran is its safety. It is thanks to this property that, fom can be used not only to create decorative elements, but also in children's creativity. Despite the chemical "rubber" smell, which appears when opening the packaging, the Foamyran is absolutely safe. Well, the smell itself disappears within an hour, the finished products absolutely do not smell;
- French material moisture resistant. Thanks to this property, the product from it can be carefully soaked. Of course, it is not worth exposing them to torrential rain, it is especially true of those products in which there are additional elements - sparkles, rhinestones;
- Plasticity is the advantage of untreated phoamyran. It is thanks to this property that it is very easily stretched. Thin sheets can not even be determined by temperature processing, just enough heat of human hands;
- Another wonderful feature of the material is the ability to "memory". What does it mean? For the manufacture of decorative products, needlewomen heats the parts and give them the desired form. Foam, in turn, this form "remembers." It looks like a laying of polymer clay or a cold porcelain, where products, after thermal processing or drying, take the final appearance. However, it is not necessary to overheat or excessively stretch it, it is especially true of thinner sheets. Such manipulations may damage the material, it just breaks. And from excessive heating, some types of thomas can melt. So, it is worth carefully studying the instructions for the acquired material, because the types of Foamiran are several and in all different properties;
- Wear a durability of jelly, it is also excellent quality. After all, I want the product to serve as longer as possible;
- Thanks to the porosity due to the chemical composition and production technology, this material is easily colored by various types of paints - acrylic and oil, pastel shallow and even the shadows for the age. In addition, Fom is easily cut without leaving sharp and uneven edges, denominates figure holes. It is easy to "injury" - traces will remain from sharp items on the surface, so it is worth being neat. However, even this property of the craftsmen found use, Foamiran succumbes to tease;
- The material can be glued with various types of glue. It is best for hot glue from the thermopystole, but you can use second adhesives, and the glue "moment of crystal". That is, specialized glue can not be bought, which is another plus of plastic suede. PVA glue and stationery adhesives are not suitable for him.
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Types of plastic suede
Depending on the country, the manufacturer Foamiran happens:
- Iranian;
- Chinese;
- Turkish;
- Korean.
Consider every kind of more detail.
Iranian Foamiran first appeared on the market. Externally, it looks like sheets of 0.8-1.0 mm thick, a 4 or 60 format to 70 cm. The number of colors in the palette is currently more than 30 and is constantly updated with the manufacturer, the shades of gentle, pastel. The material is porous, lightweight, very elastic and pleasant to the touch.
There are also 2.0 mm rubber sheets, they are characterized by a greater degree of stretching, but products of them look more rude.
The Chinese Foamiran is most often occurring in size 50 by 50 cm. Its thickness varies, as in Turkish from 0.5-1 mm to 2-3 mm. There are thicker sheets, they are perfect for children's creativity. At the moment, in the palette of 24 colors, and each manufacturer they differ slightly. If you compare the Turkish and Chinese jelly, then the last color is brighter.
There are two more subspecies of Chinese phoamyran - silk and marshmallow. The "Silk" Fom is thinner, only 0.5-0.8 mm, very elastic, it is better to use manual processing, since it is highly reduced in size and "rustic". When processing, this material appears satin shine. Products from it look very unusual and beautiful. "Marshmallow" French is characterized by a greater porosity and ease, it actually does not like little on the Foamiran and is very different from other species by properties. When heated, it will be bubble and stretched like molten rubber. His sheets are easy to do much more subtle, it is enough just to try them through the paper, in addition, they have the property to be glued together and allow you to make such multi-layer flowers as the ranunculus.
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Turkish Foam meets much less often of his fellow and much different in quality from Iranian. Its standard dimensions 60 by 70 cm, 1 mm thickness.
Korean Foamiran has a wider color palette. Standard sheet size 60 per 40 cm, 1 mm thickness. What distinguishes the Fom of this manufacturer from others? His sheets are more velvety to the touch and even without heat treatment are quite strongly stretching, very plastic.
So where to buy this wonderful material? To acquire it, it is enough to look into the store of goods for creativity and needlework. Also, Fom is in fabric stores. Well, of course, the expanses of the global network, now there are a lot of online stores specializing in the supply of Foamiran. Sets from Thomas for children's creativity can be purchased in the department of goods for children.
Application of material
Thanks to the wonderful properties of this material listed above, a large space for creativity opens in front of the needlewomen. Flowers made of thomas look very vividly. They can be applied to design accessories, such as rims and hairpins:
Wreaths:
Bracelets:
These flowers will never be fade and fit perfectly to keep the memory of such an event like a wedding:
Can be used in children's work:
In scrapbooking:
And even in the manufacture of dolls:
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In the prescribed videos, you can see how to choose Foamiran and master classes for the manufacture of products from it.