Glass of Sherry
Things I’ve made in resin – usually coasters or beads. Sometimes incorporating glass, but often also found objects such as sand / shells, hair from beloved pets, etc.
If you like this beach glass window, it is up for bids through Feb 20th in support of an amazing local school, SJCS! You will also find one of my resin-embellished lazy susans in the auction. Happy bidding! https://qtego.net/qlink/saintjohn
A rainbow, like a community, just isn’t right without all it’s colors. 🙂 Still a ways to go on this one.
I actually started this last week, but forgot to take a picture. I decided to use up some of the mica I have left on a bigger project – a wavy rainbow window. I am starting in the middle with red and will spread out in waves from there.
A rainbow Jolly Roger to surprise a dear friend from high school!
Today I was able to take advantage of some unseasonably warm weather to finish a couple of projects I started before the holidays. This guy, while not my usual sort of project (also not the best photo), is hopefully going to be a nice surprise for a dear old friend. I still might pour another layer of resin over it, but will wait to decide. The skull and crossbones are made with traditional stained glass and the “rainbow” is made with sparkly mica chips. The clear backer glass is recycled from an old window and the underside edges of the clear glass are taped with yellow painters tape to catch the resin drips.
I want to send a shout out to 3 Matadors for a fun, safe, small outdoor event. I must admit I was a bit anxious in the days leading up to the event, as I haven’t done any events since November 2019 due to COVID-19, but the size of the event and spacing of vendors was great and the steady stream of mask wearing visitors was not too crowded.
Just a quick post to show off my first rainbow projects and today’s little gems. Methinks my new orange marker isn’t going to work out. Will need to find a paint pen…..
Today is Thanksgiving, a great day to make some progress on small projects! Today was second layer of resin over the two heart / mica rainbow suncatchers / ornaments and also for the first mica rainbow coaster. I liked the first mica rainbow batch so much that I decided to make a round mica rainbow suncatcher / ornament and three more coasters to match the first. Next up will be the second layers on those. I also made a medium sized stained glass snowman suncatcher that will need another layer of resin and some decorations tomorrow.
I was able to pop out a few finished projects from yesterday’s batch, too!
Continuing to try and make some new things for the small, outdoor, masks required pop-up craft fair I signed up to do at 3 Matadors for December 5th.
First I needed some more snowballs for snowmen, as I used up all the ones I had on hand. Back to the old grinder so to speak. 🙂
Before I start mixing my resin, I lay out all of my projects and needed supplies. Today was the second layer of resin on the holly suncatcher and all five coasters, though one will be a new coaster design and the other four will be sandollars in the sand. I like to elevate the larger projects like the snowman panel so I can reach any drips that happen. I sometimes tape the underside edge, but forgot this today.
I’m trying out some new colors of mica for the rainbow projects. I think they will be really pretty!
Now everything just needs to sit overnight to cure.