How to Create Resin Art - The Fun but Messy Pulled String Technique

If you've found yourself here, you've probably already seen an abundance of resin art featuring cells, lacey resin, and a plethora of beach-inspired resin art.  I'm guessing you're looking for something new. .. something fresh, unique and bursting with creativity.  Well, guess what? I've got just the thing for you:  Resin Art with PIZZAZZ! Let's be real here: working with resin as a painting medium can be quite an adventure!  Picture this: you pour that freshly mixed resin onto your canvas, and it takes on a life of its own, moving and blending in fascinating ways. It's like watching magic unfold right before your eyes!  And then, when you return after 30 minutes, it looks nothing like the painting you envisioned: The colours have merged, and those carefully crafted patterns and designs you created have all but disappeared. I believe in turning challenges into opportunities. So let's embrace the fluid and abstract nature of resin art and turn it to our ......

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How to Create Cells in a Resin Art Masterpiece

Resin art is a fun way to create a piece of contemporary art that you can proudly display in your home. And it's not difficult to get started with pouring resin.  If you've been admiring all the incredible fluid art pieces on Pinterest and want to know how it's done, then this tutorial is for you. It shows you a simple technique for creating resin cells in your artwork.  The magic ingredient in this project is Resi-BLAST dispersion agent.  Resi-BLAST is a silicone oil designed specifically for use in resin and as its name hints, it repels resin to create cells and lacing. The black and white colour combination of this piece makes the cells even more dramatic! I've put together a shopping list of all the supplies you'll need to make your own piece of resin art: Shopping List: Art Resin pour-on epoxy resin Castin'Craft Pigments: Black ; White 18" x 18" primed canvas art panel  OR cradled painting panel (wood needs to be sealed with acrylic......

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Marble-ous Resin - How to Create a Faux Marble Finish

My niece recently celebrated her 30th birthday and as the family crafter, I scored all of the wooden numbers that decorated the tables that night. What a treasure for a compulsive crafter!  As a thank you, I promised to make one specially decorated "30" for the birthday girl to keep as a memento of the occasion.  She left it in my hands to decorate it in any style I wanted but she did stipulate one thing.... that it be in her favourite colour...  PINK!   I knew immediately what I wanted to do - give the numbers a FAUX MARBLE FINISH USING RESIN .  I know I said I was making these in pink, but they turned out so well, that I also made some in purple so you'll notice throughout this tutorial that there are purple ones too! This faux marble technique looks hard to do... but I promise you that it is SUPER EASY and gives marble-ous results! Here's what you'll need: Coating epoxy resin Acrylic paint in four coordinating colours. I chose titanium white fo......

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