This pendant is the equivalent of a leftovers food tray after a great party.Last year I took a fabulous class at the Bead and Button show and made the bracelet you see in the picture. The class was called Ziggurats© by Laura Andrews and she provided the entire project kit.I did not want to ...
Resin Lamps – So Over the Top You Must Look!
Chess game pieces in polyester resin by Armand Pierre Fernandez. Earlier this month I took this picture of a stunning block of resin in the window of a Paris art gallery in the Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen. I could not get a better picture, so I knew I needed to ...
Upcycling With Resin
As a resin designer, there are days when I am just so happy to work with a medium that can preserve and protect the art and craft of others. This is just such an example. On the weekend I went to my local antique store which has a $2 jewelry booth. Not everything is antique ...
Containing Resin With Bezel Wire – Part TWO
I am getting very excited about these two new resin pieces I am working on. On yesterday's how-to post I showed you how I had poured my second layer of Jewelry Resin into my bezel wire shapes. I allowed this layer of resin to cure overnight. Note that ...
Containing Resin With Bezel Wire – Part ONE
Recently I stumbled across this hot pink wire. I call it "bezel wire" because it is much flatter and wider compared to other wires you normally use. True jewelers use bezel wire to create actual bezels. They work with flat wire that is fashioned from many sorts of metals ...
Layering Resin Colours
This resin rose is a great way for me to show you how I layer in colour using Jewelry Resin or Envirotex Lite. I use either of these two resins because this rose mold is very shallow and these resin were made for shallow pours. The first step was to make a small batch of Jewelry Resin ...