beamoore: Guide to making plastic 'tiles' in a more clear order.

I keep trying to post clear instruction for making those pieces, but my brain goes faster than I can type. ADHD at its best. I apologize about that.

You need to start by collecting clear or opaque (I like mine mostly clear) beads, I get those a lot at Walmart and crafts store, or you may confiscate them from children who have grown out of making funky jewelry.
Other plastic pieces that you can use, are for example utensils, the disposable, knives, forks spoons from all sorts of social gatherings. Unfortunately, picnics are not going to happen very often, due to this time of the year, unless you live in Florida or similar, warm area.

You can collect them discretely or openly and explain to the stunned by it people, that you make art out of recyclable materials, and lets just leave it at that, or say that they will see it when you are done with it.
Also ask the hostess if she has any used, disposable tins, that she used for baking, lets say a pie, muffins or banana bread and if you can have them.
So, lets wrap up the social gatherings subject and just say, that you will need:
*Plastic beads,
*Other plastic items like the plastic ware,
*Anything that has the similar look and texture or hardness of those mentioned before,
*TG, which means tempered glass, that you can find at junk yards or glass shops that fix broken windows in cars, or for example, replace glass sliding doors in showers, sometimes, if you find out that someone broke a glass wall in an office and such, ask if you can have some of that glass. Just keep your eyes opened for accidents (unfortunately) that will leave some pieces behind.
*You also may want to collect colorful glass gems, found mostly in floral supplies and section of craft stores,
*Seed beads,
*Metal beads
*Metal or glass pieces of broken jewelry
*Acrylic chunks sold in aquarium accessories sections or pet stores,
*Colored small and larger rocks for decorating the aquaria
*Interesting looking rocks that you may see anywhere you go,
* Metal, disposable baking tins, for baking muffins, big and small, round for pies, square for brownies, rectangular for breads, small
*Metal, small and medium boxes, empty, of course, from candy, cookies, Altoids and such, fancy teas, etc
*Aluminum foil
*Toaster oven, or regular oven that is located away from your living area, in a location that is very well ventilated
*Mask for blocking all the stinky, dangerous fumes, from baking the plastic
*Level
*2 part clear epoxy, used for finishing bars, counter tops and such. Any hardware store should have it, by all the varnishes, finishes etc.

Don't be overwhelmed by this list, you can collect everything over time, and you don't have to have all the items that you put

I personally try to use anything free and recycled, I clean the items thoroughly, before creating the tiles, of course.

As you start making the tiles you will probably think and find many other little things that can be used in the composition.

Just to begin, have the plastic beads, baking tins, like the muffin ones, to start small and get a hang of it, and the toaster oven, make sure you do it outside and don't inhale the fumes.
Use the level to make sure that the toaster and the tin are leveled, the plastic will melt and gravity will work with it, you want the tile to have the same thickness on all sides, but if you chose to do so, you can make a tile that is thicker on one side and thinner on the opposite side, just for the heck of it.
I am going to stop for today, and I promise, that more is on the way.

Here is a pic of the beads arranged in a muffin tin, ready to be baked: