Modern Clear Resin Jewelry
What's
New! All of my medium
sized, 2-1/2 inch inside
diameter, resin bangle bracelets
are now available in a larger 3
inch inside diameter size.
My
specialty is encasing colored
resin castings inside of clear
resin castings. My resin mermaid
bracelets, for example, start out as
3-dimensional cast resin mermaid
sculptures. They are each
further painted and decorated before becoming encased in a clear resin
bangle bracelet.
I like the challenge of creating clear resin jewelry.
Creating this clear resin
jewelry requires special techniques, but the results are spectacular.
I use no clear finish spray
paint to hide flaws or make my
resin jewelry shiny. I believe
that this is a poor finishing
shortcut. All of my resin jewelry
is hand sanded and polished pure
resin. This means that if
you ever need to polish your
jewelry piece, you will not
be unpleasantly surprised when
you polish through the painted
on finish. Hand finishing each
piece to a perfect shine, takes
more time and effort. But, the
result is jewelry that you will
be proud to wear for a lifetime.
Resin jewelry is in, again. The old vintage pieces are still hot items.
The old Bakelite and phenolic and celluloid pieces are fetching high prices. We are a plastics society.
I love plastics. I spent my career designing industrial pumps and motors with plastics.
With all of our new plastics technology, and all the new resins on the market, the possibilities are unlimited.
Take a look at all the plastics around you. Most of these plastics started out in a liquid
resin state. Endless varieties of shapes and colors. Does this get your creative juices flowing? It does mine.
Here you will see examples of what you can do with plastic resins.
These bracelets are composed of 3
different resins. Each resin is cast in 4 different molds, in 4 different pours.
These bangle bracelets are
just one of my
designs.
Challenging? Yes. Fun? Of course. Easy to make? No.
I am currently working with 4 different resins, each with it's own chemical properties, and quirky
characteristics. Each must be measured and weighted differently. Each must be handled and cured differently.
Then there are the molds. No, not the kind that grow on my shower floor, the kind you cast into. First I sculpt the master.
Then the master is used to create a mold. Each type of resin requires a different kind of mold material. I use 4
different kinds of mold silicones. These guys can get expensive. So I baby them, give
them frequent bubble baths and mineral oil rub-downs. Ooh! That sounds heavenly.
I have many more designs awaiting birth. There are mermaids, seahorses, dolphins,
and some really fun, high-tech designs coming out very, very soon. So, keep your TV tuned to
this channel.
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