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 ...
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Containing Resin With Bezel Wire
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 ...
How To Make A Silicone Rubber Mold – The Right Way
Let's pretend that Mondays mold making disaster was a dream. If you have a large object, like this wood bangle, the easiest way to make a mold is with EasyMold Silicone Rubber. Your object can be placed in an open container like this one. I use margarine tubs. The margarine lid is ...
Locket Charm With Resin
I have an ongoing charm necklace project. There are so many unique charms on this piece and I could write a book explaining each and every component. I found this little charm a few years back. Like most lockets, it was designed so that you can insert your photos and ...
Making Molds – Part Two
Here is my molded duplicate!Are you wondering how I duplicated a silver metal antique pin into my own new piece? In yesterday's blog post I showed you how I used EasyMold to make this new mold. This new mold is of a shallow pendant so I could use Envirotex Jewelry Resin to make a ...