Resin Pour #3

I used what I call peacock colors for this one

This piece is 16 x 16

Alcohol Inks were mixed into the resin along with glitter
The glitter color matched the alcohol ink color

Broken 1/2 gem marbles and golden mosaic glass was also used
Silver alcohol ink was added to the middle of the picture

After the initial pour dried I brushed on clear resin to the piece

Resin Geode Art #2

11 x 12

this one was made the same as the other one - 

except I did not use any mica powder or acrylic paint mixed into the resin 

I mixed a large quantity of 2 part resin.  It was divided into several smaller cups.
Then colored glitter was added to the resin cups.

after pouring all the colors, I added blue alcohol ink to the center and pulled it thru the center and out to some of the other rings

in the sun

Resin Art #1 - Turquoise/Blue/Gray Geode - Experiment in Resin

in the sun




board was prepped by roughly painting a geode
white/light blue/medium blue and dark blue areas
100% silicone was caulked on to create a dam around each color
3" Scotch Tape was put around the edges of the board to create a border

resin was mixed per package
each cup received the 2 parts of resin - glitter - mica powder and some received acryllic paint
I used 5 cups and made 5 colors of resin/glitter - light silver, light blue, Turquoise blue, Dark Blue and a dark gray
1/2 gem marbles that had been cracked (heated then cooled) were broken up

starting at the center, I poured the lightest resin and added some of the broken 1/2 gem marbles
In the very center I added silver leaf foil and worked it into the resin with a craft stick
resin was added to the entire piece - from light to dark resin
the gray was worked into each section

there are several colors of 1/2 gem marbles on the piece
also, there are several different colors of glitter that was sprinkled on after all the resin was poured

I liked my first attempt at using resin.  I'm looking forward to my next piece.

Sea Glass and shell mosaic

I found this trivet at a garage sale

It was originally going to be used in a table wreath, but then I decided I didn't want to take up the counter space for it to sit on



Here it is with all the tesserae put on
There will be no grout
I painted the board with metallic glitter paint and sprinkled on extra silver glitter



After taking it outside for the above photo, I thought the trivet looked boring


I pulled out my collection of Vintaj Patina paints for metal

and added some color to the trivet


I like it better and it seems to blend with the other colors better


materials used on this project:
a metal trivet
seashells from my sister
half gem small and large marbles
glass pearls
sea glass and tumbled glass
several pieces of garage sale jewelry

Water and Sand #2

several colors of stained glass
gold back painted stained glass
pieces of mirror
shells
rocks
beads
glass pebbles
sandstone grout

Double Horseshoe Mosaic

2 horse shoes
White stained glass
wood patterned ceramic tile
pieces from several patterns of dishes and other bowls or vases
1/2 gem glass marbles
rocks
mother of pearls pieces
glass faux pearls
acrylic gems
a fleur-de-lis piece of jewelry
sandstone colored grout

Paint and Glitter, No grout mosaic - Shells/rocks/glass gems

approx. length 12 inches
height 8 inches




birch board painted with metallic and glitter paints
additional glitter sprinkled on wet paint
Shells
Rocks
1/2 gem glass marbles
glass faux pearls
mother of pearl pieces
sea glass
and a jewelry sea horse and a piece off of a bracelet

applied a coat of Minwax Polycrylic Protective Finish to it