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 do some ...
Vintage Resin
What To Pour Resin Into
I have been getting a lot of questions lately about where I find items to pour resin into.Bezels and jewelry components are easy for me to locate because I work for a major jewelry component wholesaler and I also live in Toronto which has a very good wholesale bead district. I also buy ...
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 ...
Vintage Trim in Resin – Permanent Shapes
This sample of vintage trim is now permanently encased in Envirotex Lite. It began as pieces of a trim from a vintage linen collection I located in an antique store.Here is a link to the first project I made with some of the vintage trim. I would like to show you how I created my ...
The Resin Find
A few weeks ago I was at a huge outdoor antique market. There are several jewelry vendors and one of my favorites had a "Anything for $5" table. I had a great time digging through the pile and pulled out this bracelet. Clearly in need of some attention, I knew this bracelet ...
Shells and Resin
"Handmade with abalone shell taken by divers from the ocean."The sticker on the bottom of this pen holder describes this resin piece perfectly. What I didn't add was the antique store's comment that this was an antique object....more than likely it is from the 70's.I love it! I am ...