These are some of the shells I gathered in Florida last week. I love how the ocean sends you these free gifts and then arranges them in a fabulous collage. After drying in the sun however, my shells lost their "fresh out of the ocean" sheen. When they are wet they are darker and you can see ...
EasyCast Resin For Halloween Results
Ta Da! This is why I love EasyCast! I mixed a small batch, added a pigment colour and voila! Yesterday I showed you how I bought this new ice cube tray and used it as a resin mold. I like ice cube trays because once the resin has cured you can push the finished piece out of the mold by ...
The Deep Pour – Or Why You Need Polyester Casting Resin Part TWO
Here we are. Part two of my blog series using Environmental Technology Inc. Clear Polyester Casting Resin. This acorn paper weight is my first finished project! Clear Polyester Casting Resin allows you to pour resin into deep molds and castings. You can't/shouldn't do ...
Shrinky Dink Meet Envirotex Lite
These tiny tiles are the result of one layer of Envirotex Lite as a glaze. I always try and remind my readers that one coat of Envirotex Lite is like 50 coats of varnish. Why not let Envirotex Lite do all the work for you? The tiles started out as images I printed on onto shrinky dink ...
The Resin Doming Technique Explained!
First, let's begin with a little eye candy. I have a very cool new bracelet. It is made of vintage watch parts and an old dis-assembled bracelet . Last week I posted this image of some resin I poured into some old watch faces. Notice how the resin leveled out? It created a ...