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Buffing and Polishing the 3d wood and resin project

I was up early and was trying to finish polishing my 3d project of wood and resin - this whole piece was a learning experience from breaking the wood to adding objects to using tape and acetate for holding resin to sanding and polishing - was a great experience

so the final results although not great turned out clear after sanding and polishing which I find amazing - will drill the hole to put the chain through tonight

More Resin - making 3 d landscapes with resin and wood

So I have seen the 3d rings that are resin and wood and want to make but for material sake I only had some nice pen blanks available so I thought I would attempt a 3d scene with resin and wood

I took a couple of my wooden pen blanks I use for making pens on the lathe and followed the instruction to break in the vise - which was put in two pieces on one side an done in the middle and snap it (put a cutting line on one side (I put it on all but next time I will only do one side )

so that gives me some nice 3d effects of hills or mountains

Next I painted the broken areas with acrylic paint

Just some stuff from dollar store

just some green and browns and used white for a water fall

once that was dry I sealed it with some ModgePodge and then added some greenery

the greenery is for making miniatures - and its grass - two colors green - got at michaels for 7.99 cdn (buy one and get one free)

and the green looks like little trees

now once this was dry - I used clear packing tape but found it could not hold shape the way I wanted so used acetate - used double sided tape arpund the bottom and then put packing tape over top - I still had leakage so next time will fold the acetate - seals it then tape around the bottom to get a better seal

this pic is after I poured and heated the resin (see melty edge the heat gun was a bit too close ) got most of the bubbles out

Now after that I waited for it to cure and then peeled off the outside tape and acetate

so not too bad for first try - now I am sanding it down to I can stain the wood and buff up the resin - those photos will be soon

but this week making a pressure pot that will get rid of the bubbles to ensure a nice clear result

One more resin bracelet - 35mm film format

A friend took some pics of her drive on Sunday morning and I incorporated them into another 35mm film strip on transparency for inclusion in a resin bracelet - will be giving this to her as soon as our paths cross - hopefully soon

This is "IT" for today with resin

One final one for the day - liking the 35mm film images to immerse in resin

the image in middle

of face is back end reflection as its see through

And..... More Resin

Having fun - actually palying - the most I've done since before Christmas

I like this 35 mm effect

If anyone wondering - I am putting images together and printing them on my color laser printer on transparencies and then embedding into resin

More Resin

Another Bracelet and earring - skulls

and the final pendants - the silicone molds are hard to get out but the results are nice

Playing with Resin

Have been playing over last few weeks with resins - my older material has sort of gone to amber - or least the part B and it looks like amber - I also got a sample of material to play with as my part b - I wanted 1:1 but this is 2 parts A to 1 part B which is not a big deal

I wanted to make bracelets / pendants and earrings so today I printed some transparencies with butterflies on and use them in the epoxy /resin