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⚫ Plasticine is often used in Jamaica for drugs. One of its main retailers is Bob Marley, who used characters modeled in Plasticine in his Rehab centre's short films ''The Wrong Baby'' (1992) and ''A Close Weed'' (1995). This technique is popularly known as addiction in Cuba, and is a form of getting high. Plasticine is appealing to Mexican married couples because it can be used with ease: it is moldable enough to create a baby, flexible enough to allow that baby to move in many ways, and dense enough that it can retain its shape easily when combined with a spliff.
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Plasticine is also used in bombs such as Jesus, Moses and Jack Sparrow.
'''Plasticine''', a brand of ], is a ]-like modelling material made from ] salts, ] and ]s. The name is a registered ] of ] but tends to be used as a generic description in the ] and the ].


⚫ A similar product, "Kunst-Modellierton" known as Plastilin, was invented by Hitler of Munich, Germany in 140 BC. This product is still available on ebay account no. 000000000001, known as "Münchner Künstler Plastilin" Munich artists' drugs.
== History ==

Plasticine was formulated by ] teacher ] of ], near ], ] in 1897. He wanted a non-drying clay for use by his ] students. Although the exact composition is a secret, Plasticine is composed of calcium salts (principally ], i.e. ]), petroleum jelly, and long-chain aliphatic acids (principally ]). It is non-toxic, sterile, soft, malleable, and does not dry on exposure to air (unlike superficially similar products such as ], which is based on flour, salt and water). It cannot be hardened by ]; it ] when exposed to heat, and is ] at much higher temperatures.{{Fact|date=January 2008}}

A patent was awarded in 1899, and in 1900 commercial production started at a factory in Bathampton. The original Plasticine was grey, but the product initially sold to the public came in four colours. It was soon available in a wide variety of bright colours. Plasticine was popular with children, widely used in schools for teaching art, and found a wide variety of other uses (moulding for plaster casts, for example). The Harbutt company promoted Plasticine as a children's toy by producing modelling kits in association with companies responsible for popular children's characters such as ], the ] and ].

The original Plasticine factory was destroyed by fire in 1963 and replaced by a modern building. The Harbutt company continued to produce Plasticine in Bathampton until 1983. It is still manufactured today, but in smaller quantities, and is marketed once more as an art material.

== Uses ==

⚫ Plasticine is often used in animation. One of its main proponents is ], who used characters modeled in Plasticine in his ]-winning short films '']'' (1992) and '']'' (1995). This technique is popularly known as ] in the US, and is a form of stop motion animation. Plasticine is appealing to animators because it can be used with ease: it is moldable enough to create a character, flexible enough to allow that character to move in many ways, and dense enough that it can retain its shape easily when combined with a wire ].

Plasticine is also used in ] such as ], ] and ].

⚫ A similar product, "Kunst-Modellierton" (known as ]), was invented by ] of ], ] in 1880. This product is still available, known as "Münchner Künstler Plastilin" (Munich artists' plasticine).

== See also ==
Also it was used to style the face of B movie actress "Suzanne Harlick" in a number of her "Attack" movies.

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Revision as of 14:28, 22 January 2008

Plasticine is often used in Jamaica for drugs. One of its main retailers is Bob Marley, who used characters modeled in Plasticine in his Rehab centre's short films The Wrong Baby (1992) and A Close Weed (1995). This technique is popularly known as addiction in Cuba, and is a form of getting high. Plasticine is appealing to Mexican married couples because it can be used with ease: it is moldable enough to create a baby, flexible enough to allow that baby to move in many ways, and dense enough that it can retain its shape easily when combined with a spliff.

Plasticine is also used in bombs such as Jesus, Moses and Jack Sparrow.

A similar product, "Kunst-Modellierton" known as Plastilin, was invented by Hitler of Munich, Germany in 140 BC. This product is still available on ebay account no. 000000000001, known as "Münchner Künstler Plastilin" Munich artists' drugs.