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A plastic ornament and a method of making the ornament. Plastic pellets are placed in the holes of a mesh according to a predetermined pattern, each hole being sized to accommodate a single pellet. The pellets and mesh are heated until the pellets begin to fuse together. The mesh is then separated f

A plastic ornament and a method of making the ornament. Plastic pellets are placed in the holes of a mesh according to a predetermined pattern, each hole being sized to accommodate a single pellet. The pellets and mesh are heated until the pellets begin to fuse together. The mesh is then separated from the fused pellets. The fused pellets may be heated further until the plastic ornament achieves the desired smoothness.

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A method of making a self-supporting plastic product, comprising: (a) placing a layer of plastic pellets onto an underlying mesh according to a predetermined pattern, said mesh made from a material having a higher melting point than said plastic pellets, each hole of said mesh being sized to accommo

A method of making a self-supporting plastic product, comprising: (a) placing a layer of plastic pellets onto an underlying mesh according to a predetermined pattern, said mesh made from a material having a higher melting point than said plastic pellets, each hole of said mesh being sized to accommodate a single pellet; (b) heating the pellets and mesh to cause the pellets to fuse to each other into a self-supporting structure according to the predetermined pattern; (c) allowing the fused pellets and the mesh to cool; and (d) separating the mesh from the fused pellets.