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Resin and Silver-Plated Rings and Pewter Pendants

August 28th, 2008 in jewelry making, gallery

johnwgolden, member

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Circle and square silver-plated ring bases are combined with EasyCast resin and my own artwork to create these colorful rings.

Pewter pendants made from printed artwork and poured resin.

Sealed artwork seated in pendant plates.

A jig of rings afer the first layer of resin is poured.

Circle and square silver-plated ring bases are combined with EasyCast resin and my own artwork to create these colorful rings.

Photo: John W. Golden

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I use printouts of my own artwork and resin and findings to create this fun, colorful, and durable jewelry.

I love sharing how to do this with folks, so I made a video tutorial that documents the entire process.

Pattern or design used: My own design

posted in: jewelry making, gallery, Jewelry, ring, alternative, blue, orange, couture, metal, resin, pendant, silver, beachy, black, mod

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Yolis writes: I was hoping you could offer advise about where to get unfilled pendant trays for resin art necklaces. Do any bead stores or craft stores carry them? I have been searching on-line and found a couple of resources. P.S. I thought your video was very informative - I liked your voice tone and instructional style. Posted: 3:27 am on November 8th

lynne153 writes: where in this world do you find ring shanks? i've looked everywhere and cannot find them. i'm wanting to make rings but simply cannot find the shanks? this would be a huge help!

thanks. Posted: 12:31 pm on October 20th

ChildfreeTrophyWife writes: Vicky North - thanks for adding the links as I could only see other videos on resin by other people on the you tube scroll thingy on the bottom and not the rest of this series. I've watched all three parts and found it very informative and helpful. Posted: 5:25 pm on October 11th

vtorres61 writes: I haven't seen the video yet, but I was wondering if refrigerator magnets could be made from these? Posted: 9:47 am on September 29th

Jrsjewels writes: This is wonderful, thank you! Posted: 3:31 pm on September 27th

craftingspot writes: Thanks for the video tutorial. You provided the perfect amount of detail. Looks like a lot of fun! I will have to try this soon.
craftingspot Posted: 9:47 am on September 27th

Akiyo_Kano writes: Just wanted to thank you for making the video, it was fun to watch and gave far more information than other tutorials I have seen online. Posted: 4:11 am on September 21st

Designdaisy writes: Hi John
Thank you for your answer, it is worth considering.

However I have a problem with buying the resin I need here in Denmark. Can you suggest a UK dealer?
Designdaisy Posted: 8:22 am on September 16th

johnwgolden writes: Hey there,

If I were going to try to create a faux seaglass, I would tint the resin a little with transparent dye (or maybe a small amount of opaque dye could work and might help with the slight opaque-ness that sea glass has).

Before doing that though, you would need to figure out your mold situation. How would you get the sort of nature created shapes? I would make a mold from pebbles and anything I could find that resembles sea glass shapes.

After molding, you can sand the resin to give it a finish similar to sea glass.

This would make a great video tutorial. I hope you don't mind if I give that a go.
Posted: 8:29 am on September 11th

clotheshorsey writes: John,Hi. this work of yours is very unique, I loved it. tell me, how is resin used.? AND HOW CAN ONE AQUIRE THE THE LOOK OF SEA GLASS WITH IT, DO YOU KNOW?THANKS,Jessica Posted: 2:47 pm on August 30th

johnwgolden writes: I've not tried that DesignDaisy...I bet it could look really cool though.

If there were any issues, I would say they might be with the dye/color from your thread and/or cloth possibly bleeding out into the resin, and you might also expect the cloth to soak up some resin and have a wet, darkened look.

If you could seal the piece first with something like Mod Podge , you could probably minimize those issues. I would imagine that sealing it well enough to eliminate those types of issues would require extra coats and care to get in the nooks and crannies.

Please let me know if you have any other questions. Posted: 8:47 pm on August 29th

Designdaisy writes: Does anybody know how casting resin will work with embroidered (small) pieces.
Lillian Posted: 6:41 pm on August 29th

RNC11254 writes: deja vu! Posted: 10:04 pm on August 28th

vicky_north writes: We have added links to parts 2 and 3. Sorry for the confusion. Posted: 8:50 pm on August 28th

johnwgolden writes: Hey there ChildFreeTrophy wife,

You can see parts 2 and 3 if you hold your cursor over the youtube logo in the bottom right corner. related videos will pop up.

I agree that I spent a lot of time on the sealing part, but I wanted to convey that the process is a longer one, and that the more time you spend sealing, the more usable results you should get. Posted: 8:42 pm on August 28th

beadeful writes: This project video is step-by-step enough that I can feel comfortable trying it. I think that I will this weekend.
BeadOn! Posted: 8:40 pm on August 28th

ChildfreeTrophyWife writes: Very informative, however, it seems as though the video was cut off at the 9:13 time period when the resin materials were being gathered together (cups, sticks, alcohol, etc). The video seemed a little long and several minutes of glueing the images down could have been cut out (the sped up bits were fine though) as they were too many times repetitive. I would have liked to see the end of the vid though. Posted: 6:59 pm on August 28th

vicky_north writes: This is a great project. Nice job! Posted: 5:30 pm on August 28th

johnwgolden writes: Thanks trusk4u! Posted: 7:22 pm on August 22nd