A friend of my sister’s asked me to see if I could make a memorial keepsake for a beloved horse who had passed away. Today I’m trying to develop my horsetail technique!
It is more of a challenge than I anticipated. The hair gets “messy” after I pour the resin, then tries to float up out of it. I can see I will need to do some things to contain the hair. I tried spraying with gloss acrylic and rolling it, but that wasn’t enough.
Currently, I have some more hair rolled, sprayed and glued together that I will try pouring a little later. I also think I need to pour the resin in at least three layers: 1) a thin base layer 2) a thin layer to hold it down, then 3) a final finishing layer. Normally everything I use sinks in the resin (even glitter) so this was an unexpected twist.
We’ll see how these turn out. Either way, I’m learning a lot.
