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Jewelry: The Gazing Glass
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The Gazing Glass

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Category: Jewelry

Type of item: Accessory

For: Women

Style: Retro / Vintage, Romantic, Traditional, Classic

Materials

Polymer Clay UV Resin Acrylic Paint

What was your inspiration?

UV Resin I was testing out.

What are you most proud of?

It worked the first time.

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

UV Resin is rather expensive but it has so many used I find it worth it.

 

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sewmom on craftsy.com
sewmom
Oct 20, 2011    Flag as inappropriate
So...I may have gotten ahead of myself...I didn't read that you did the resin directly into the clay frame and I used a mold to create the resin part independently. Do you have any suggestions for creating and forming the clay frame around the pendant afterwards, and how to affix them together (just glue??). Thanks for helping a non-direction-reading beginner out.
LynzCraftz on craftsy.com
LynzCraftz
Oct 20, 2011   Flag as inappropriate
The UV resin after curing can be baked with the clay...that being said, a few of my peices that have had colored glitter in them(I did a jelly bunny for my neice for easter) had problems with the resin leaching some of the color out of the glitter. It wasn't noticable to anyone but me, but I wouldn't bake it afterwards if I had some original art underneath or something similar at risk. If you make the frame hug the pendant underneath & on top you should be fine. If in doubt a little liquid sculpy or such while baking should hold as if you made it that way originaly.
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sewmom
Oct 20, 2011   Flag as inappropriate
OK - I wondered if I could bake the resin. It does have a little glitter in it (like yours), but I don't think the color leaching would be noticible. I will let you know how it goes!
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sewmom
Oct 18, 2011    Flag as inappropriate
Love it! What kind of clay did you use to make it see-through?
LynzCraftz on craftsy.com
LynzCraftz
Oct 18, 2011   Flag as inappropriate
I used Lisa Pavelka's Magic Gloss UV Resin...I made & baked the frame, then lined the back of it with blue painter's tape(with the sticky side facing toward where the resin would be)fill the frame with the resin & while it's wet sprinkle the glitter & lightly stir/swirl into the resin. Set out in the bright sun (here in Texas it only takes 5-10 minutes) & it's done. It a great product, very easy to use with great resuluts but it is a bit expensive. No mixing or measuring just pour & cure.
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LynzCraftz
Oct 18, 2011   Flag as inappropriate
I'll show a demo of this if you like.
sewmom on craftsy.com
sewmom
Oct 18, 2011   Flag as inappropriate
I would love to see a demo of both the resin and the frame (not too pushy, am I?)

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