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My New Addiction... Help!
Last post 10-10-2009 7:25 AM by jalex01. 9 replies.
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  • 10-06-2009 4:53 AM

    My New Addiction... Help!

     

    Last year I tried my hand at resin. Resin and I didn't get along. I used the Castin Craft which was hard to get just right. It was flat out hard to use. Time has gone by and we parted our ways. I went to a craft show a few weeks ago and saw some neat resin work. I was told Envirotex Lite was the way to go. Well... I gave it a shot and it is wonderful! Easy to use and very fun to work with now. I made 42 pendants my first go! They turned out great! Anyway... here are a few of my favorite. I'm now adding resin to the list of mediums I now work with. 

     I have these up on Etsy for sale...

     






    Matt

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  • 10-06-2009 6:51 AM In reply to

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    I'm surprised you and resin haven't gelled before. It seems a natural material/medium for what you do. It certainly looks very effective used this way. Always an admirer of your work.

    Kelly.

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  • 10-06-2009 7:02 AM In reply to

    Re: My New Addiction... Help!

    Love the pendants!  I'm glad you didn't give up on resin.  I've heard that the new Ice resin is a good product.  This is one medium I've added to my long list of things to learn.

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  • 10-07-2009 4:07 PM In reply to

    Re: My New Addiction... Help!

    I like your pieces. I have envirotex lite and can't get it to work for me. Don't know if I don't measure it carefully enough or what. I used Eugena's method from her tutorial.

     Anyway, keep up the good work.

  • 10-07-2009 4:12 PM In reply to

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    Maybe you didn't mix it thoughly enough. It's easy... 1:1 ratio...

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    http://www.createapendant.com

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    (New) The Gearhead Factory
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  • 10-07-2009 7:33 PM In reply to

    Re: My New Addiction... Help!

    Freda, feel free to email me if you want some help. I am also sure Eugena would help you since you purchased her tutorial.
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  • 10-08-2009 1:32 PM In reply to

    Re: My New Addiction... Help!

    I Love your work, resin looks really interesting and I'm thinking I want to have a go at that too, there are so many things to play with I wish I had more time! Is resin expensive to dabble with?

    Helen

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  • 10-09-2009 1:49 PM In reply to

    Re: My New Addiction... Help!

    no, resin is inexpensive to try out. get it at the craft store. I also recommend Envirotex Lite. I've used gallons of the stuff.
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  • 10-10-2009 1:57 AM In reply to

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    Thank you, I have a week off the 'proper job' next week and I'm going to try and find some of that here in the UK

    I love trying out new things, I want to do glass bead making but the set up costs are preventing that at the moment

    Thanks

    Helen

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  • 10-10-2009 7:25 AM In reply to

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    As always Matthew, great pendants! I love the gears the most Jenn
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