Epoxy Resin Tips

How to Add Foil, Flakes, and Inclusions to Resin

A pinch of gold leaf turns a plain resin pendant into something that looks like it came from a jeweler's case instead of a craft table. Inclusions — foil, flakes,...

How to Add Foil, Flakes, and Inclusions to Resin

A pinch of gold leaf turns a plain resin pendant into something that looks like it came from a jeweler's case instead of a craft table. Inclusions — foil, flakes,...

How to Make Galaxy and Ocean Resin Effects

Ask ten people what made them try resin, and half will describe either a wave — that white lacy foam curling over turquoise — or a galaxy, all violet nebulas...

How to Make Galaxy and Ocean Resin Effects

Ask ten people what made them try resin, and half will describe either a wave — that white lacy foam curling over turquoise — or a galaxy, all violet nebulas...

How to Make Glow-in-the-Dark Resin

Glow pieces are the undisputed champions of my market table. Adults pick up the pretty pendants; kids make a beeline for anything that glows, drag their parents over, and the...

How to Make Glow-in-the-Dark Resin

Glow pieces are the undisputed champions of my market table. Adults pick up the pretty pendants; kids make a beeline for anything that glows, drag their parents over, and the...

How to Make Glitter Resin That Doesn't Sink

You stir in a generous scoop of glitter, the cup looks like a snow globe, you pour, you're delighted. Next morning: all the glitter is lying in a dense layer...

How to Make Glitter Resin That Doesn't Sink

You stir in a generous scoop of glitter, the cup looks like a snow globe, you pour, you're delighted. Next morning: all the glitter is lying in a dense layer...

How to Get Opaque vs. Transparent Resin Colors

Two pendants, same mold, same blue. One glows like stained glass when the light hits it. The other is a solid, confident, can't-see-through-it blue. Completely different pieces — and the...

How to Get Opaque vs. Transparent Resin Colors

Two pendants, same mold, same blue. One glows like stained glass when the light hits it. The other is a solid, confident, can't-see-through-it blue. Completely different pieces — and the...

Alcohol Ink vs. Mica vs. Liquid Pigment: Which ...

Sooner or later every resin maker stands in front of three little bottles asking the same question: which one of you is right for this piece? They all "color resin,"...

Alcohol Ink vs. Mica vs. Liquid Pigment: Which ...

Sooner or later every resin maker stands in front of three little bottles asking the same question: which one of you is right for this piece? They all "color resin,"...