The Easiest Way to Make Resin Jewelry
Buy your Silicone from my shop
Amazing Molds 4 you.
We’ve all seen cool resin pendants at jewelry shops, boutiques, and on fashionistas everywhere. And while we know this is something you can do at home, we weren’t totally down with what seemed like a really complicated process. Well, turns out it is easier than we thought… but still has more steps than most of our tutorials.
If you’ve always wondered if you could make resin jewelry in the comfort of your home, the answer is yes. You just need a few simple tools, all available on our favorite online craft store, Amazon ;)
Materials:
– EasyCast Crafting Epoxy, Clear
– EasyCast Resin Jewelry Mold
– wax paper
– latex gloves
– medicine cups (from cough syrup)
– condiment squeeze bottle
– blow dryer
– wooden popsicle stick
– shoebox or plastic bin (to cover molds as they harden)
– resin fillers: studs, jewelry, dried flowers, feathers, etc
– jewelry items: ring pads, clasps, flat safety pins,
– E-6000 quick hold adhesive (if making rings or pins)
– optional: cheap plastic measuring cup (if doing a large batch)
– EasyCast Crafting Epoxy, Clear
– EasyCast Resin Jewelry Mold
– wax paper
– latex gloves
– medicine cups (from cough syrup)
– condiment squeeze bottle
– blow dryer
– wooden popsicle stick
– shoebox or plastic bin (to cover molds as they harden)
– resin fillers: studs, jewelry, dried flowers, feathers, etc
– jewelry items: ring pads, clasps, flat safety pins,
– E-6000 quick hold adhesive (if making rings or pins)
– optional: cheap plastic measuring cup (if doing a large batch)
While you get your “fillers” together, place the resin and hardener bottles in a bowl of hot water.
This helps the resin mix nicely, and helps avoid air bubbles. Be sure to cover your work-space with wax paper – resin does not wash off! Next, get your fillers ready. We came up with all sorts of good stuff to re-purpose, source, print out, and sprinkle for our resin molds.
We’ve got re-purposed jewelry, flowers and twigs found outside, sprinkles (yes, sprinkles!), plastic spiders for Halloween, and, of course, glitter! We also printed out a little Brit + Co. logo and wrote “143” (’90a pager-speak for I Love You) which we mod podged into a bottle cap.
Use your resin mold to organize your fillers. Cut down what you need to so that you can quickly put everything together once you pour the resin.
Now it’s time to mix the resin! If you’re just making one or two pieces, you can use an old cough syrup measuring up to mix one part resin with one part hardener. Mix for two minutes straight and be sure to scrap the sides of your cup often.
Read the rest of the article?
Hello, my name is Jack Sparrow. I'm a 50 year old self-employed Pirate from the Caribbean. 
No comments:
Post a Comment