Friday, December 27, 2019

Lessons Learned- UV Resin

Always learning. All part of life as an artist. It means a lot to me to share the lessons I learn with anyone who wants to listen. Perhaps you won't have to waste supplies like I have. As well. I would love to hear about your experiences and lessons too. We can all learn from each other.
This is a short video...Watch Below

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Friday, December 20, 2019

Learn With Me: Alcohol Inks And Resin -Trying The Petri Dish Technique. Lessons Learned



Hard to believe we are five days away from that time of year that so many folks seem to stress out over. Instead of stress and and incurring debt, I would rather focus on sharing all things creative. Recently, I was dabbling in the newest resin trend, the Petri Dish technique. It it so addictive. There are a pile of great tutorials on the subject on YouTube, so this newest video is all about what my pieces ended up looking like and any lessons I learned.

You do need to use epoxy resin, freshly mixed. The longer it sits once mixed, the resin's curing process makes it a lot more difficult to impossible for the inks to do their thing, the thing that is called the petri dish effect.

Lessons Learned
Not For UV Resin. Find out what happened when I tried this method in UV resin.
As well, one big lesson learned was to not use my butane mini torch to eliminate bubbles in the resin, when using small silicone molds. The torch is too hot and the silicone actually burns, therefore ruining your molds and the piece you took time to create. Best way to remove those pesky bubbles in small molds is to use a lighter flame or heat gun, or if you can make it work, a straw that you blow through. That last one never seems to work well for me. Drool tends to dominate, running down the straw, about to ruin the resin.

Watch My Video Right Below 
To See How Beautiful This Technique can be:


Materials Required
Silicone molds
Fresh mixed Epoxy Resin - I use Art Resin right now
Alcohol Inks that are not mixatifs or opaque
White opaque alcohol ink - it seems that Pinata by Jacquard is used most
Pipettes if you need to draw ink from a larger bottle of ink
A matt to keep our surface from staining
A heat gun or flame if you want the bubbles removed (do that before adding alcohol inks - alcohol is flammable!)
A dust cover to keep pieces clean while curing

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Thursday, December 12, 2019

Glitterati Creations- Glitter And UV Resin Inspiration, Lessons Learned

 Hi guys. if you hang around here or my YouTube channel, you will know, I have an addiction to sparkly powders, glitters and anything iridescent or holographic.
Below I  created a very short video sharing a lesson or two about working with UV resin and glitter. As well as showing a few of the sparkly creations using inexpensive molds from Bay.


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Biggest Lesson Learned About UV  Resin
First of all, don't use opaque silicone molds with Uv resin and glitter. The mold needs to be able to allow ultraviolet  light through. Trust me, unless you are only using a wee bit of
colourant, you will be disappointed when you unfold  Over and over, I have had to reveal gooey, icky uv resin. This is even with mica powder. Only use a teeny bit and try it.
I do prefer epoxy resin because there are no disappointments when unfolding  Of course unless, you didn't mix it well enough.
What Are Some Of The Materials I Used from EBay (click item to go to the links)

A cute Pendant Mold
A Larger Dangle Mold
Mermaid Nail Art powders- white but change colour on black
Glow in the Dark Powders
The UV Resin I Used


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