Category: Resin Jewelry
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The last of the Brickworks pieces is a familiar site, but one I never get tired of. This is my signature ‘I ♥ Autumn’ design, using white birch back and deep red sumach leaves. The piece is contained in a copper bezel, antiqued by hand. I love those little spots of copper green, sometimes a…
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My second brickworks piece for the Etsy Holiday Sale is a similar treatment to yesterdays beauty, but minus the steampunk factor. Instead of being contained in an antique copper bezel this one is in a large, round, silver plated bezel. The Queen Anne’s lace is separated from the maple leaf base by a layer of…
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I got back from Italy with epic jet lag. Luckily Tito was on a weird work schedule too, so we were both awake at 5 am the next morning and we decided to suit up and take the cameras to the brickworks, see if we could find some owls. The Brickworks is an old brick…
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Yesterday was a massive resin-fest at the house. I was up to my elbows in the stuff literally all day and I’ve got to say, the results are lovely :) Every day this week I’ll show off some of the pieces created yesterday, all of which are going to be on sale on my Etsy…
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I’ve been experimenting with a new direction in resin – combining it with prints (specifically, transparent prints) to create transparent pendants with inlayed graphics. The results have been very cool. In this case I’m printing the graphics with gradients that I’ve already prepared, rather than adding dye to the resin after the fact. Check out…
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So last night I bought polyester casting resin for the first time and decided to give it a whirl. I mixed it carefully according to what I understood the instructions to be, added some red dye and poured it into my bangle mold. Here’s the letter I left for Tito in the morning: DO NOT…
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Version 2 of the book comes out tomorrow! I have paypal email addresses for everyone who purchased an e-book from me, so expect to receive your new pdf at that address. For people who have purchased a blurb book in print from me – unfortunately blurb doesn’t give me any information about who made the…
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The update to my Resin Jewelry book is ready to go :) I’m going to release it on November 1st. It contains a 6th project – how to use spherical molds, and also a 4th method for preserving flowers, one that allows you to keep the shape of the original flower intact. Folks who, as…
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I ordered my first bangle mold a few weeks ago – and I was so disappointed in it that I don’t even want to say where I got it from. This taught me a lesson–not all mold makers are equal! The mold was rough, left an ugly amount of excess resin on one side and…
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I found these gorgeous wooden bezels at an Etsy store called Art Base. Right from the moment they arrived I was delighted – even the wrapping is lovely, and contains a sweet, handwritten note. It’s the little things. The bezels themselves are a delight to work with – the craftsmanship is amazing, the edges are…
The Blue Brick 