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1. Introduction : Hello. My name is Jenny and I welcome you to the Beginner's Guide to Risen Class, where you learn simple techniques to create intricate pieces like these. I'll explain the differences between casting and quoting restaurant what you can do with it , and this applies. You'll need to get started. I will create four projects that you can see the versatility off the medium. I will also share my tips n tricks Throughout the class. You'll be able to master the art of pressing in no time, see in class.
2. What is resin: Hello, guys. Welcome to my class. Today we are going to learn what it's resin and how do you sit To create pieces like this resident is a great way to protect furniture and art, and we'll also make any surface. Waterproof resin is a chemical compound that has two parts part A, which is the rest in, and Part B, which is the Hartner. Both parts are liquids than when makes together will solidify. This process usually happens between 24 to 72 hours, depending on the rest, and president can be used for so many things like, for example, casting when you encapsulate objects like this is gold casting. As you can see, we have a real starfish and a seashell. The bottom was also made with pressing that have been color with pigments. We will talk about different ways to color your resin later in the class. You can also paint over cured resting like I did in this piece. It is Superfund technique, really easy, and we can use different mediums. After painting, you should always add a layer to protect your art. You can use it to cold art photographs like I did here for small casting like this heart locket necklace and for domain pieces like I did here, does this extreme plastic and I added a top layer to protect the surface. This way it makes it earrings, waterproof and much proof because there's hearings were made with ink. So, yeah, this is a great way to protect anything. Your furniture, your pictures or jewelry. Your paintings resin can also be used to create floors, river tables, coat bars create marble like countertops, even for both. Making my class is focused on our for the principles are the same for different applications. Now let's talk about the differences between residents and which one is the right one for the type of bases you'll be making.
3. Resin comparison: before I start talking about the tops off lessons, I want to show you this base that I made a long time ago. As he can see, this piece is stern, a little bit yellow, and it's made from a brand that claims to be in on yellowing formula now. Besides Bubbles, yellowing is one of the main issues when working resin, and it's something that can happen over time. So keep that in mind. Another issue that I had with this brand is that one skewers. It remains a big flexible, as you can see, which is a big no no when casting. Yes, he can see this piece. That's really easy. I haven't had this issue with the broom that I'm using right now. So that's why I shows it for this glass. The company that makes the products I'm about to show you a C epoxy resting storage, and right here I want to show you a piece that I may with that with the epoxy resin store arrest in, and it's impossible for me to bend it, and it's rock hard. And yes, you can see it's a really thick piece. Yeah, it is a fairly think piece. But, um I mean, I've made thicker castings and still Bentz really easily. So I will explain the different kinds of blessings that they carry in water they could force. So that way you can choose the right one for you.
4. General Use Epoxy: first resin will be the general used epoxy. Now this one's my favorite because it's really thick. It's perfect for domain and coding. You can cast very thing castings. Um, deepest poor recommendation for this one will be 1/4 inch. But have in mind that the thicker the resting, the more micro bubble it creates when maximum, which are tiny bubbles, and they're really difficult to eliminate. Indeed, castings put life, which means the time that you have to work with it before it's just it starts to hard and will be 45 to 50 minutes, and it takes 24 hours to harden. So a piece made with the general epoxy will be this warm. This is a painting that I made by at a pigments to Wade and I created the color, the ways and everything. This was painted with acrylics, but I'm gonna show you how to do that later. I just wanted to show you how it looks, how shining it ISS and no bubbles. All right, because this was quoting instead of a casting. So yes, and also I wanted to show you a casting that I made with that dress in so you can see all the bubbles that would trap in there. I mean, if you don't mind, because I don't mind, because this is like ocean bean and bubbles are okay. I mean, there's bubbles in the ocean. But as you can see, there's a lot off micro bubbles inside that are impossible. Teoh eliminate when casting.
5. Clear Cast 7000: next is clear. Cost. 7000. This is a bit on the thinner side, making a grave recasting, making you re in molds and making coasters. Recommended casting thickness will be half an inch and put life. It's 45 minutes, something you need to have in mind. We working with dressing is that the temperature in the room affects recurring time. If it's still hot, the rest will cure faster. This specific piece was ready in about three hours because the room was about 80 something degrees. So I took it out of the mold and it was rock hard in just about three hours Remembered that the temperature also affects the pot life. So the working time that you have with this rested if these two hot, it's a little bit shorter, so half that in mind, I'm a very impression person. So I was so happy and excited that this piece was ready in three hours. So if you're impatient person like me, this resting, it's definitely for you.
6. Clear Cast 7050: next is clear. Cost. 70 50. This one is on the thicker side, but not thicker than the general purpose epoxy. This one is good for coatings. Artwork quoting for decorating cutting boards, for example, recommended casting that basis than 1/4 inch and bought life. It's 45 minutes. Applause with this one is that is UV resistant. That means that it's protected against yellowing over time.
7. Liquid diamonds: now the suck about liquid diamonds, which is super thin, almost like water, making this resident excellent for costing up to two inches. This resting create just a few bubbles would mixing, but if you makes very slowly, you won't create burly any bubbles. This one is my second favorite. It's crystal clear cures rock heart, and it doesn't even smell. This resting, as I mentioned before, is great for casting and making jewelry in molds. I will not recommend it for domain because it is super thin. Working time is 30 to 45 minutes, and it hardens in 24 hours. I wanted to show you a piece that I may with the liquid diamonds. So here, as you can see, this is a great example, because this layer right here was made with liquid diamonds and a second see, there's another layer on sub that has, ah, lot off bubbles that was made with the old purpose. I mean, the general purpose epoxy. Now look at how clear the liquid diamonds is that you can even you feel like you can touch The starfish is super clear, almost no bubbles, and he has just a few micro bubbles because of the sea show and a starfish. Bert Overall, it looks so many seals. So this is a great weight or for you to see and compare the resting so you know which one to use.
8. Safety: safety is very important when working with resin, even though there's a lot of non toxic residents in the market. Always protect yourself, using loves to protect your hands, and it is also recommended to work in a well ventilated area and use a respirator mask like this one from three m. I got mine at the Home Depot. It's also important to protect surfaces and floors, and for that I use a plastic drop cloth from home, the boat or ive. You're in a type, but you can also use a plastic shower curtain from the dollar store. But having mind this one is thinner than the other one. I also like to protect my clothes with a canvas apron like this one and this one I got from Michael's and I bought it with the 50% off coupon.
9. Mixing supplies: It's very important for me to many mice waste when working with dressing. Because, believe me, there is a lot of garbage. After a small session off creating were present. My way to do this is using resting, friendly plastic and silicone. Now here's the most common things we use when mixing. And it is the Walden Steak also the plastic spoon. But the one that I really recommend is the Silicon Spatula. I got mine from Michael's. It was on sale for 99 cents, and it allows me to scrape all of the rest in that state's on the side of the mixing cup for uneven mixing. A cool thing about this battle is that when the resting, once cured, will peel off and it can be reused to measure your resting. You will need a cup like this with measurements. This one I got from home. The boat and the resting can easily peel off. Once cured, I also like to use the one from the dollar store for baking. It's just $1 there isn't can also be peeled off once it's cured, making really nice shapes that you can also use. I like to use mind to this. Play my jewelry and crafts shows or to put my business cards like shown here to mix colors or to put on their need canvases will quoting I use thesis party shots. Cops also from the Dollar store. They come like 25 off these cups in a package for $1 so it's great. They can also be reused like show in this video.
10. Mixing: mixing ratios will depend on the resting you by. In this case, it is 2 to 1 ratio, which means you'll always add half off the original part, which means if you're going to make two cops of resting, half will be one cup off Hartner for 1 to 1. Rachel will be same amount of resin and hardener, for example, one cup of resident to one cup off partner. You can also measure your resting by weight on a scale like this one, if you prefer, but never, never. I bowl your resting a bit too much of resin or Hartner will make your resting on useable. Make your descriptive sides off your cup for uneven mixing. Makes for at least three minutes or until resting is no longer cloudy and looks clear like shown here.
11. Molds: So now let's talk about molds. There are two kinds off molds, last dates and silicon. Now my favorite is silicone because the pieces come out very easily. Make sure your mold houses Chinese finish if you want your piece to be shiny. There are moles that have a Matt finish, and your peace will come out that way like this one. This one right here is a plastic mould specifically made for Essen. Have in mind that not all plastics are compatible. What resin? Make sure that the most says it's made to use caressing. For example, flimsy plastic molds for soap making will not work with resin. You can also create your own molds. In this case, I've used a silicone baking mat and silicon from the hardware store to create a diaz shape that I can use as a mold. Remember that this will be permanent. C'est silicone will stick to silicone
12. Other tools: some other tools that will come in handy will be a heat gun. I have two of these, and this one it's from Haiti swap. It's made for embossing, but it's okay to use it for resin and this one, which is more powerful. It gets to a higher temperature, and it has adjustable speeds, which is nice for bull blowing bubbles. Women, the raising and moving it around a torch is also essential for blowing bubbles. I got this from from the hardware store, and it's refillable. If you're planning on coding paintings, it will be very handy to have a leveller so you can level your canvas to prevent all the resting going into one side.
13. Tinting Resin: resting can be color. With so many mediums, here are some examples have used wash liquid pigments specifically made for resting. High flow acrylics, inks, acrylic wash, water color alcohol, inked powder pigments, acrylic paint and sometimes even greater resting will react different to all of them. So feel free to experiment and choose the right one for you. The key is to not act too much medium, so it doesn't affect the curing process off the resting. For example, the view at too much acrylic paint the rest will cure kind of got me. Moderation is key when Tintin your resting
14. Project #1 Freeform Vase: Okay, so let's start with our first project, which is going to be a free form base now. I wanted to start with this one because it is the easiest one, and you don't need a lot of materials to make this face. You are going to need some arresting. Ah, and if Shah recording from the dollar store, That's what I use for this project. But you can use surround rab. If you have at home. It has to be a plastic that it's Chinese. You want your piece to be Chinese, but if you have ah, 14 that is not Chinese matter and it's plastic. You can use it as well. You will find the least of resource is in the resources section off this course now. I wanted to make a couple off projects because I wanted to show you how you can use your reason for different things. You can choose one project. You don't have to make it all, but it's always, you know, to have options and to see in real time how you can use resting for different applications . So that's why this class has a lot of projects, but feel free to experiment. Food, free tissues. One project if you want to, and then share it with the class so we can all see what you made. Now this is a voice over. I'm not going to be talking the whole video. As you can see here we are mixing the resting. I like to first ad the Hartner because it's more liquidy, and then I'll at the resting, so it blends better. Now I'm using a silicone spatula to mix my resting, because is it helps Teoh get the resting that gets on the side off the cup, and it helps even makes him right now. I'm waiting my respirator mask because it it's really important to protect yourself from the fumes, even though the residences, its fields, e free. I always take care of myself. So, yes, I'm wearing a respirator mask. That's why I'm doing a voice over. And I'm also wearing some gloves and a so be mixing the resting for three minutes. There's a couple of bubbles in the rest of, but that's OK, because once your residence oh makes it, you can't eliminate them Now. As you can see, the racing started looking cloudy at first and then it becomes more clear once you keep mixing it. I like to mix for 3 to 5 minutes to make sure my resting it's completely mixed. Believe me, there's nothing more frustrating that under mixing your resting and then your project end up not hearing or having this weird sticky spots that that's when what happens when you don't makes your resting well. So I always try to makes my resting very slowly to prevent having a lot of bubbles on my resting. Now this creates a lot of micro bubbles if you start doing a very, very fast, so here I'm going to put my resting into little cups so I can mix my colors. So here I'm showing you a mix of pigments that I made. I used the green pigment from the epoxy resin store, the liquid pigment, and then I use the white pigment, also from the Residents store. It's a liquid pigment, so I mixed them both, and I created this beautiful teal color that I love. Now I'm going to create four colors. I'm using the teal, and then I'm using a white one. I'm going to add some Micah powders in the color blue and then I'm gonna be adding some glitter. Now, this mica powder is kind of like a pearlescent. It looks really nice. How much color and should you add to your resting? Well, start small and then you keep gradually adding, If you see that it's too transparent, because if you start by adding ah, lot of pigments, then you won't be able to take out. So keep that in mind. Now that I makes my four colors, I'm going to get my plastic ready. This is the plastic that we're going to put the resting on. So here I'm going to use a wine glass. This one glass is going to give are resting fees around shape. So here I'm liking with the sharp Be And this is a guide for me to know where I can at my resting. And, you know, I don't want it to be more than this marks. So I'm doing this while I'm waiting for my racing to think in a little bit. Now you can you can add it right away. But the resting will all get mixed and it could run from the lines that we have place on the plastic. You can also put the plastic on top of this possible plate. In that way, the rest will be contained inside the plate. So there's no way off, you know, ruining the round form that we're looking for. Now. Here I am trying to do kind of like circles, but just have fun to go for it. If you wanna make some different shapes with it, just feel free to experiment and to have fun with it. So my table was not leveled and the resting was kind of all going to one side. So I put a card box underneath to prevent the resting to give going to one side. Now, this happened because my resident wasn't asked think as it's supposed to be when doing this technique. But the sunlight was about to go, so I needed to do it as fast as I could. So that's why I didn't wait a little bit longer. How long should you wait? Well, it all depends on your dressing if you did, if you use the epoxy rest in store general use, maybe you should wait about 20 minutes and then you can start work with it. um, I kind of waited like 10 minutes, but it wasn't thick enough. That also depends on the temperature tour of your room. If it's too hot, the resting with chicken faster Very cool technique that I discovered over the years. It's adding clear, resting on top, off color, resting. It kinds of pushes down the resting with the colored resin, and it creates beautiful shaves. And it looks very interesting. - And here I'm adding some cardboard underneath the box so it helps the resident to don't go old into one side. So four hours half past and this is how my resting thought looks like now. But you can see it's very bendy. So how do you know it's ready? Well, you bend the edges and it takes eight seconds to go flat again. It's ready. Let's try that again. 12345678 nine. It's It's a nine like a 9 10 seconds. Maybe so. Now I'm going to put my wine glass, and I'm going to place my resting on top off the glass, trying to centered the peace or have fun with that. You can make different shaves. You don't have to do exactly what I'm doing. Maybe you can make a more square shaped for more round shape because in this case, mine turn out to be kind of like an oval, Uh, and this is the fun part and the stress. It was very stressing because you don't want to touch it because it's still sticky, but you don't want to ruin it. So you have to be really careful and start moving around because, as you can see, it's gonna create some resistance. It's hush it with your gloves scored. Of course, I don't wear my gloves in this part because I was not planning on touching the resting because I didn't want to ruin the glossy nous of it. But I ended up using my gloves and given the shape that I wanted because it was creating a lot of her assistant, and it's completely fine. It's not that it doesn't work. It is just that you need Teoh given the shape. So you're gonna see me doing a lot of the same movements, like trying to bend it from one way and then trying to bend it from the other way, because when you bend the wrong way is gonna move the other. The other side is going to move up the same time. But that's completely fine, because residents here workable. If you leave, you leave marks on your rest. Don't worry, because you can make shining again. You just have to use a heat done, and I'm gonna show you later. So making sure the shape is one that I was looking for Just keep working it until you get the shapes that you want. So here I wanted to shake how my base was looking like, and I really like this. So I'm going to put it back on top of the line glass. I'm going to apply heat so it looks shiny again. Unfortunately, I lost the footage when I was applying the heat with the heat gun to the base. But here's an example off how you can do it. You just keep moving the wine glass around and moving the heat tried not letting it in the same spot for too long, because that can burn your resting. After 24 hours, you can easily remove the vase from the one glass. Honestly, this is the most rewarding moment when creating what resting And you get Teoh, check your piece and see how it came out. And this is It's really a great experience working with dressing because you have to be patient. You have Teoh learn that you don't always have complete control. And that's something that it's really great about. Resident that I love. I would like to control everything. And this really helps me in my personal process of you know, sometimes or most of the time, we don't have control off everything. So this is a really nice exercise. If you see that way. No, here, as you can see, there's some hard edges and you can easily take a pair of sisters and caught the pieces that are sticking out. You can also use sandpaper and some this basis down. I remember that Yes, you can send resin, usually always used respirator love doing this and have in mind that ive you send your resting, it will lose those shine. But for the edges in here, you can do it very easily. And, um, for me, I'd like to use the sisters and I didn't have any problems, but yeah, and here's the finished beast. I really love how it turned out. I love how the colors mixed together. I love what happening in the edges that some of them are clear and it looks like glass. Um, please. If you decide to try this project, feel free to use different colors to add glitter or add maybe flowers. Seashells get creative. Any of you make something, please share your project with us. I would love to see what you create.
15. Project #2 Using a Mold for dish: So for our second project, we're gonna be using a mold to create a small fish. Now, I bought this mold from Amazon is a round silicon mould mei for desserts and for this project amusing the leftover resting from the vase project. Now, sometimes we have leftover arresting and we don't know what to do with it, right? First, don't ever, ever, ever dispose off your rest down the sink or the toilet. Here's what I do with my left of arresting. So I have a couple of silicon modes around, and I just randomly at the resting. Sometimes I get creative, and sometimes I just throw all the reason in one mould. Sometimes you'll be surprised what you can do with leftover raising. And if you are not feeling adventurous and you don't want to do any onset, you can just simply let the rest in cure, and then you can dispose of it. So here I wanted to create kind of like a fuse glass look. So that's why I'm leaving a couple of parts clear now. As you can see, the racing has taken a lot, and that's why the lines are still in great shape. Now the lines, sometimes expand asked, happened with this one and you'll see. But I'm talking about in a couple of minutes. But it's totally normal because the pigments are reacting to each other. - It has passed a couple of minutes, and it looks a little bit different, as you can see, and now I'm going to start adding a bit off the clear resting and look what happens. This is my favorite part, adding the clear rest into the color one creates kind of like ridges in the colors. I love it so as you can see on the other side, I also board some leftover resting, and I'm gonna make a dish with So four hours have passed and my resin is still a little bit been Lee, but I'm able to take it out of the mold. All residents are different and will not be ready at the same time, so you just need to keep checking your resting. Also, you see it's still Bentley, but you can take it out of the mold. So here I'm using a clear shower curtain like we did in the Vase project. But this time I'm using a rubber band to attach it to the wine glass. This will help maintain the round shape on the top. So now we're going to do the same as we did with the base. We're gonna put it on top centered, and it's gonna create a little bit off assistance. But you just need to get working it until you issue the desired shape. - Now you can also use the heat gun to heat the raising a little bit. They'll make the risen a little bit flexible so you can keep shaping it. Another great thing about the heat gun is that at the end you can just blow a little bit off heat on the top and on the sides to make it Chinese again. - Now I'm going to do the same thing with the 2nd 1 And as you can see this one, it's a little bit different, and we're going to do the exact same thing as we did with the other one. - 24 hours have passed and a steam olden time as he conceives really easy to take it off the wine glass, and it's so beautiful and it's rock hard, like it's super I'm not. It is not possible to bend it at all, and it's ready. I love how this turned out A They like fused glass, and they have this glossy finish there so beautiful that rock hard. And I'm planning to use these as you'll read a vicious. And as you can see, you can even make a jellyfish with this one. Use different colors. Make a different shape. Get creative. Don't forget to upload your project to the project section. I'll love to see what you create with this technique.
16. Project #3 Open bezel: for this project. I want to show you a super cool technique using an open vessel. Now I got mine from Golden Age beats dot com, but you can find different shapes of vessels as amazon dot com. The first thing that we're going to need these three M's Koch packaging tape. Now we're going to press the vessel against the tape, making sure all sides are completely blew to prevent the resting from leaking. I'm using a wooden stick to breast the vessel down. I don't want to use my fingers because the natural oils off your skin can interfere with the vessel. Glowing to the tape of Makes my General used resting from the epoxy resin store and I waited a couple of minutes, so it thickens very carefully. Add a small amount of pressing to the inside of the vessel and spread it with a big. It's very important that you add a very small amount to your vessel because we don't want to over feel it. Keep adding resting little by little until the inside of the vessel is covered. Now the fun part. I'm adding some flowers that I pressed myself, putting them inside a book and waiting for them to dry the tiny flowers I bought on eBay, and they are sold as nail art supplies. Now this is the moment that you get to be creative. Play with shapes and colors to create a beautiful composition. Just have fun and go with the flow. You don't have to use flowers like I didn't mind. You can use present pigments to call your resin and added, Inside of the vessel, you can add glitter. Possibilities are illness. After 24 hours, you will be able to take the tape off. If sticky residue is left, simply remove it with your fingers. Now I'm going to dump the front part, which is a very common technique. Domain means creating a round, shape or dome on top off your piece. The consistency off the resident. It's super important. Well, dumbing the residents to be thick in order to be able to create a tone and maintain the surface tension to prevent the resting from flowing to the sides. Always a small amount of resting and then at more alienated. Remember, don't overdo it here. I'm using a small dome in trade that I bought from Michael's a couple of years ago. I'm using the dome in trade to prevent my desk. Ive the resting over fills by accident. I'm using a dome in trade to protect my desk. Eight, The resin overflows. Now here I'm using a good pig, too. Prevent my vessel from moving while I'm moving the resting around on top of the vessel. Now I'm doing this because I want to make sure the resident goes It's completely to decides , so it don't swell this resting, its self leveling. So after you do this, it will keep moving until it creates the dome. And in case you're wondering, I'm using the general use resting from the epoxy resting store, which was the same resting that we used for the base. - After finishing move in the raising around, I will use the torch toe blow the bubbles after you finished filming your pieces. It's very important that you cover them to prevent us particles from getting into the risk . Now 24 hours have passed and my vessels are ready. As you can see, they look super shiny and nice, everything. It's inside the restaurant and now you're ready. Teoh, make a little hole on the top with a Dremel to turn them into charms. I really loved this technique because it allows you to create very whimsical pieces like this ones. This one is a gift for my aunt. I made it with some flowers that she gave me for my birthday.
17. Troubleshooting and conclusion: not always. Everything goes as suspected when working with resting, and that's fine. We're learning and making mistakes. It's part of it. Some of the most common problems you'll find when working with residents are my reason half a lot of bubbles. Bubbles are normal in resin. Some brand screen more than others, something that I like to do to minimize bubbles. ISS MIXING slowly I know we want to start our projects right away, but mixing too fast will create a lot of hair in the resin, turning it into bubbles. Number two. Let it rest before pouring. After mixing. Wait at least five minutes. You will see that the bubbles will float to the surface of the resting. Sometimes I scooped them out or pop them with the torch. Number three used a torch or heat gun. A small torch will pop the bubbles instantly. A heat gun will pop the bubbles, but we moved the residents, so keep that in mind. Another problem will be my resting didn't cure. It could have been the you added two times the same part, for example, till times. Hartner. We get confused sometimes, and this can happen. Another reason could be You didn't makes it completely. You should always makes for 3 to 5 minutes to make sure everything is properly mixed. If you notice that your resonance still cloudy, keep mixing until gets clear. It could also be that it hasn't been 24 hours. Every was so excited and didn't notice. That is not the time to the mold yet. Number three. There's dust and hairs in my finished piece. It could be that you forgot to cover your piece, and you always need to fish for things before covering. For example, hairs in those particles are always around. So I drive a took big, and I try to take them out off my painting or my pieces. And then, um, I make sure that is completely clean after covering it. Have you discovered that the hairs and dust particles are already there? You can send the resting and add on a little earlier later. Another problem that you could have these my deed casting cured. Weird. Maybe the resting is not for casting or the thickness of the casting recommended is less than the amount that you used. You can always at multiple layers, to a project when I add things to my resting, bubbles starts to form. If you're Adam, for example, seashells, you must drop them first. Interesting. You can feel a small cup with dressing and drop them there and then added to the piece for flowers. They need to be completely dried because if moisture is still trapped, it can cost bubbles to form. Have in mind that not all residents are created equal and will react different to certain situations. If you would like to buy the resting from this glass, there will be a coupon code for a 20% off your entire order so you can start creating right away. There will be a list with links to the products used in this video in the resources section of this class. They give so much for taking this glass. I hope you learned a lot. She's a project experiment. And don't forget to upload a picture in the project section so we can all see what you create 50 to share this glass with your friends, and I hope to see you in the next month by
Janirette Vazquez, Painter and Sculptor
