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80s Memphis Inspired Dishes

Paint your own 80s inspired Memphis plates!

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/80s-memphis-inspired-dishes • Posted by Mark Montano

Make awesome dishwasher safe Memphis inspired plates, put on some Duran Duran and you're good to go! See how I made them here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOr13UE1nug

You will need

Project Budget
Reasonably Priced

Time

2 h 00

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

Make awesome dishwasher safe Memphis inspired plates, put on some Duran Duran and you're good to go! See how I made them here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOr13UE1nug

Instructions

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    STUFF YOU'LL NEED White porcelain plates *99c store Painter's tape Craft knife Paintbrushes Americana Gloss Enamels Alcohol Makeup sponges (triangles) Black Krylon Short Cuts paint pen DecoArt Glass Paint Marker in black Contact paper Minwax Polycrylic

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    Clean your plates with rubbing alcohol Create your designs with contact paper and painter's tape *I cut circles and taped triangles Fill in the shapes with Americana Gloss Enamel using a makeup sponge *Blow on the bubbles to pop them Remove the tape when dry *Create stripes with thin pieces of painter's tape Make dots on folded contact paper using a hole punch Try different designs using the DecoArt Glass Paint Markers Bake in the oven twice at 325˚ for 30 minutes each time *Let the oven cool in between baking times To make them food save, coat them with Minwax Polycrylic