Experiencing Plastics

Abbeyhorn of Lakeland produces and stocks well over 150 different horn items and also carries out special work to order. The standard range includes shoe-horns, spoons, tableware, walking sticks, combs, brushes, deskware and jewellery. The [...]

Art and Plastics Throughout history artists have always seized the opportunity of a new material to enhance their art. In this article artist Jim Ives gives an overview of the evolution of plastics in art. [...]

MYSTERY OBJECT   Hello Sailor(s) In our last edition (June 2012), we showed a little sailor made of vulcanized rubber. He is in fact one of a set of skittles (Figure 1). Irene Cornelius correctly [...]