I’ve got some resin I want to try out. I went to Michael’s yesterday and got some glitter, and this cool skull mold. I can’t wait to try it out.
This is the mold I got of some cool skulls. It’s a proper silicone mold for resin, so I’m hoping it will work fine. I have to think about what I want to put in them. I might do some plain, and maybe paint the back, I don’t know yet. I have a plastic heart mold from Valentine’s day I want to try too.
This is half the heart. All the inclusions will be face down, but I turned them over so I could take the photograph.
I got a rainbow of glitter too.
I got these to make a couple of necklaces.
I got these two small bottles with corks in them, and miniature playing cards. They can be a necklace too, or I can attach one to my charm bracelet.
Two of the necklaces, poured. The skeletons were from Halloween cards I got last year, and the hearts are either from Michael’s or the dollar store.
The third necklace, and a corned beef tin lid, with a plastic transparent skull sticker, dice, a watch spring, a heart jewel, and a piece of shell with some seaweed attached, and some glitter. I painted the tin white first.
I poured too much into the mold, of course, and made a mess, but that’s me.
The vapor mask.
Two hearts, from a candy container from Valentine’s day. I sprayed them with Pam, so I hope they release. I won’t know until Wednesday afternoon. I hope they will have set by then.
I also poured a small bottle charm, and a small box with some sand and a shell in it from New Zealand. The shell floats to the surface, so next time I’ll pour a small layer and let it set, then pour another layer so the shell is in the middle. I’m not taking it out of the box.
I had to use a hook to pull them out, but they did finally let go of the mold. I’ll use more release agent next time. I really like them. I want to do an egg shape. I might have a mold in my studio somewhere. These have watch parts, and beads as inclusions. I’d also like a resin that cures faster than three days. It’s been hard waiting so long to find out if they worked or not.
On the other hand, the little skulls and the necklaces turned out pretty good. I like them. I’ve been thinking about Halloween lately. I don’t know how that’s going to work with the pandemic. Things could be worse by then. There’s lots of candy in the stores. If I buy some, I’ll eat it, so I’m not going to.
This is the corned beef lid assemblage, with a layer of resin on top of it. the heart jewel floated up off the surface, but I like it better like this. It has a clear plastic skull sticker from Michael’s, some red dice, a watch spring, and some glitter and a piece of shell with some seaweed attached to it. I have to put a wire hanger on the back somehow. I have lots of tins I could use. I like it.
This is a small spiral shell I got from a beach in New Zealand when we were there in 2011. I’m leaving it in the plastic box. I’m not sure it would come out even if I tried to get it out. The shell floated up to the surface of the box, so I might pour a little bit more on top of it, so it’s submerged.