MAKER MAKER: Magic Shrink Plastic with Vee Bee
Magic shrink plastic returns! Join us for our first MAKER MAKER of 2026 as Sackville artist Vanessa Blackier, aka Vee Bee, shares top tips and inspiration for getting started with this retro craft.
Draw on special shrinking plastic, cut out your design, then pop it into one of our toaster ovens and watch as your art shrinks to become the sweetest tiny treasure. Your small-scale creations can become charms, keepsakes, or custom accessories of all kinds.
Vee Bee is a multidisciplinary maker creating colourful and playful shrink plastic jewelry. Inspired by everything from the magic of the natural world to the vintage styles of the thrift shop, each design is hand-drawn and hand-shrunk, and crafted with care. You can find her work on Instagram @veebeeshoppee and at Living Things Arts Collective in Sackville.
MAKER MAKER is a monthly program of seriously small after-hours art workshops. Led by diverse Maker Mentors, each workshop introduces a pocket-sized art project that can be made in two hours or less. Designed for accomplished and aspiring makers alike, MAKER MAKER is for anyone interested in making small things by hand with friends and fellow makers. This informal workshop series explores how working small can be practical, portable and playful, economical, sharable and even wearable.
MAKER MAKER is free, all materials are provided, and no registration is required. This program is made possible thanks to funding from The Rotary Club of Sackville, the Municipality of Tantramar, the New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture, and the generosity of Genie and Bruce Coates.
