Tag: Resin Jewelry
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’Tis the season for all kinds of great things, if you happen to be a resin artist. Autumn leaves, for a start. Queen Anne’s Lace, Chicory, New England Astor, Goldenrod, and all those gorgeous flowers that grow in the scrubby bits on the side of the highway are in full bloom. Late season red clover,…
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The printed books have arrived and I am so happy. They are lovely and colourful, and the paper and weight feel so amazing, and it’s got a spine which for some reason I find utterly delightful. If you are a book book person who enjoys holding an actual paper thing in your hands, I am totally…
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The Blue Brick has been overdue for an overhaul, and what better time to do it than on the day that I launch the book? It’s got a new logo, a new look and a new focus; trying to bring some of the things I am the most passionate about to the forefront of the design.…
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The book went to print last night, so I’m pretty stoked =D I’m excited to be through all the stages of writing, pouring resin, editing, photography and processing – this definitely feels like it’s been a huge task. I would have never gotten there without my brilliant editor Leslie Ordal and my generous proof reader…
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One of the things that really differentiates my new book from its predecessor is the focus on using pigments. I included several projects that cover how to use resin dyes, resin pigments, acrylic inks, and inclusions (such as my faux opal effect). This project has nothing by dyed resin, no flowers, no inclusions. It just…
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One of the new projects covered in my updated resin book is how to use printed elements in your resin, not only regular xerox prints, but prints on transparent sheets (such as film, or acetate). The advantage of transparent prints is that you can really play with colour, either by adding it to the original…
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{drumroll} For the 10 day countdown to the release of Resin Jewelry, 2nd Edition, I’ve decided to do 2 fun things. Show off the new cover! That flower is called a ‘Painted Tongue’, isn’t that awful? It’s also known as a Velvet Trumpet Flower and that’s the name I shall stick with. The bezel is handmade…
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This is definitely one of my favourite projects from the new edition of the book. I actually got the idea from my work in polymer clay, and I wondered if similar techniques could be used to create a fake stone appearance in resin. I show how to mix the resin of course, to get the…
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One of the new projects in the book is a resin bangle with an insert of lace. I cover how to ensure that you’re cutting your lace to the right size, how to get the lace into the mold and how to pour with no worries about bubbles. From there, the book covers how to…
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Today, I passed the entire book, in both Word and PDF form to my editor for review. A whopping 68 pages (up from the 40 pages in the 1st Edition) with tons of new photography, new ideas and 14 full-sized projects (up from the original 6) plus 2 bonus projects and 18 mini-projects in the…
The Blue Brick 