Decorations, furniture and other wood products using epoxy resin. How to make a liquid stone with your own hands: technology, recommendations for manufacturing What is epoxy resin, properties

Transparent epoxy resin - universal material allowing to do original table, bijouterie, 3D floors. See how to create it yourself.

Transparent resin: types and their characteristics

For home art, epoxy is most often used. But in addition to making jewelry and souvenirs from it, this material is used to create polymer floors with a fashionable 3D effect. Thanks to this, the lower part of the room resembles the ocean with its underwater inhabitants, flowering fields and everything that you can wish for.

The self-leveling floor is multi-level, one of the layers is a special canvas on which a drawing is applied using the technique of color printing. What plot is captured there, this will be on self-leveling floors... Their surface is made of transparent resin, so the image on the canvas is clearly visible.

Products made of epoxy resin are durable, water and sun resistant. One of the most popular Magic Crystal-3D epoxy resins. It is used to create jewelry, decorative items, for pouring 3D and glossy coatings.

Epoxy CR 100 epoxy resin is also used to create polymer floors, which is characterized by anti-static, wear resistance, good chemical resistance.

Epoxy is sold with a solvent. Usually these two substances are mixed in a 2: 1 ratio just before use.

The second type of resin is acrylic. It is also used to create self-leveling floors, souvenirs. Acrylic resin is used to make bathtubs, waterfalls and artificial reservoirs, molds for casting products. This material is used to make fake diamond, including artificial marble.

Perhaps you have heard about transparent designer sinks, bathtubs. This type of resin is used for them.

Also, to create plumbing products, a transparent polyester resin... But this type of polymer is most often used in industrial production, not at home. Transparent polymer resin is used in the automotive industry, the shipbuilding industry, and in auto-tuning. Fiberglass, known to almost everyone, is made from polymer resins.

Epoxy is the most popular for home art, as it costs less than acrylic. But for the production of small items of jewelry, it is better to take acrylic, which does not collect air bubbles, like epoxy. However, there are subtleties that will help prevent this trouble when working with cheaper material. You will soon find out about them.

How to make an epoxy countertop?

If you need to update an old one, then take on arms interesting idea... To implement it, you will need:

• coins;
• epoxy resin with a thickener;
• pliers;
• ticks;
• varnish on water based;
• autogen;
• wooden slats;
• glue.

If you decorate wooden surface, wash it, let dry, prime and paint. If you have old countertop coated, you need to remove it, then paint it.

The hardest part is bending coins, cutting them. Pliers and pliers will help you, as well as male power... But if some of this is not there, do not make the side ends on the countertop, place the coins only on top, it will still turn out beautifully.

The coins will need to be washed. There are several ways to do this:

1. Pour Cola drink into a saucepan, lower coins, put on fire. The solution will boil and clear your money. You can just pour the coins with this drink, do not heat, but leave overnight. They will be clean by morning.
2. Place a pot of coins and water on a fire. When the liquid boils, add a little vinegar and baking soda. The solution will foam, so add enough water to fill the pot no more than halfway.
3. Take advantage of special means for cleansing, which is called Tarn-X. It is diluted in water according to the instructions, not in food utensils, coins are immersed there. The container must be carefully twisted over the sink in order to evenly moisten the money and thus wash it.

After using any of these methods, rinse the coins well in running water and lay them to dry on towels. But you can also buy new coins from the bank.

1. Here's how to make the countertop itself. Spread the coins on its surface, after which you need to fill them with a mixture of epoxy resin with a thickener. But before that, you need to prepare.
2. If you don't want to mess around for a long time, put cellophane under the surface to be treated, and you can pour the resin. But after mixing with the thickener, it is necessary to leave the mass for a while so that it hardens a little, does not become too liquid.
3. In any case, it will drip down a little, so in order to save the solution, you need to periodically collect these drops with a spatula, apply where there is little resin. But even if this is not done, the wiped resin will be on cellophane, which you just need to throw out at the end of the work.
4. Can first be made from wooden slats or pieces of edging for the countertop, then place coins, fill with epoxy.
5. Do not be disappointed if you see on the surface to be created air bubbles. We drive them out with the flame of an autogen.
6. Now you need to let the product dry completely, it will take a couple of days. At this time, the main thing is that no one touches the surface, that dust and animal hair do not settle.
7. After the resin has completely dried, cover the surface with a water-based varnish, after it dries, the new product is ready for use.

If you are interested in this process and there is a whole piggy bank of coins, or maybe metal money of the old denomination remains, then make a self-leveling floor, for example, in the bathroom or in the kitchen.

Epoxy resin jewelry: bracelet and brooch

See how to make a stylish bracelet out of this material.

For him, take:

• a set consisting of epoxy resin with a thickener;
• silicone mold for the bracelet;
• plastic cup;
• a toothpick;
• stick (you can from ice cream);
• scissors;
• dried flowers;
• disposable syringes.

Pour 2 parts resin and one thickener into a glass.

Use disposable syringes to measure the exact amount of thickener and epoxy. To form as few air bubbles as possible, mix these formulations slowly.

If there are still air bubbles, let the mixture stand for a while so that they disappear. But don't thicken it too much.

Pour the gooey mixture into the bracelet mold. Put dried flowers cut with scissors there, helping yourself with a toothpick. With them, you can pierce air bubbles so that it comes out.

Leave the bracelet to harden for a day, then carefully remove it from the mold and try on a new fashion accessory.

Instead of dried flowers, you can decorate the bracelet with buttons of a beautiful color.

If you want to make a brooch in the shape of a butterfly, then watch the next master class.

For her you will need:

• a dry butterfly bought in a store;
• scissors;
• epoxy resin with solvent;
• two toothpicks;
• gloves;
• aqua varnish;
• mechanism for a brooch.

Manufacturing instruction:

1. Cut the butterfly into 5 pieces: separating the wings and bodies. Coat these parts with aqua varnish first on the back side.
2. Place the workpieces on a plastic-covered surface. Suitable for this tile on which the package is put on and fixed.
3. Lubricate with varnish and front side butterflies. While it dries, dilute the epoxy with solvent, stirring slowly.
4. Place the container in warm place so that the solution thickens a little and does not drain from the workpieces when pouring. Cover them with a small layer, spread it over the surface with a toothpick.
5. We wait until the parts are dry, then cover them with epoxy mixture from the back side. We are also waiting for this layer to dry, after which we dilute the third portion of the solution, set it aside so that it thickens well, but is plastic. This will make it easy to glue the wings to the body, which you will do. At the same time, give the wings the desired position.
6. Using the remaining solution, attach a metal mechanism to the back of the brooch. Remove the jewelry by covering it with dust so that the solution is completely dry.

That's how you got a beautiful new brooch.

How to make a pendant: 2 workshops

See what other wonderful resin jewelry you can make with your own hands.

You will need:

• epoxy resin with hardener;
• metal form;
• disposable cups and spoons;
• small scissors;
• mandarin;
• stained glass paint;
• lacquer for fixing Fimo Vernis brillante;
• stained glass paint;
• sandpaper;
• attachment for a brooch;
• Alcor silicone compound.

Peel the tangerine. Take the most beautiful slice, carefully, clinging to the skin with scissors, remove it from one side. On the other hand, the pin will subsequently be attached, not to the slice, but to the workpiece from it.

Arrange 2 slices in this way, put them in a mold. Knead the silicone compound, pour it into the prepared container. Let the silicone cure.

Now you can remove the slices from the container, discard them, and rinse the form itself in cold water. If the edges of the grooves are uneven, trim them with scissors.

After a day, the silicone will completely solidify, then you can pour the prepared epoxy solution into the mold. When the workpiece is dry, sand it a little with fine sandpaper or an engraver. Attach a brooch clasp to the back of the blank, paint the mandarin orange stained glass paint... Apply 1 coat first, then the second. After they dry, go over the surface with varnish.

These are wonderful tangerine shaped epoxy resin decorations that can be made with diligence.

If you want to know how to make a pendant round shape then check out another master class. For it you will need:

• dried flowers;
• round molds;
• epoxy resin;
• thickener;
• disposable plastic cups;
• tweezers;
• scissors;
• sandpaper;
• polishing paste;
• felt nozzle;
• accessories for a pendant.

If you do not have round molds, then take a plastic ball. It needs to be cut in half, greased inside with Vaseline. After pouring the resin, seal the cut with plasticine so that it does not flow out.

In the absence of purchased dried flowers, make them yourself from the presented bouquet. Dry voluminous flowers, such as roses, by tying them by the stems, dropping them down in buds. If you want to dry individual petals, then place them between the pages old book... Fragile voluminous flowers are dried in a container into which semolina is poured.

It is important to dry these blanks well, since if the process is not performed well, the flower or part of it will eventually rot while in the pendant. In order for the plant to retain its color as long as possible, take an epoxy resin that protects from ultraviolet radiation.

Assemble a mini-bouquet by gluing flowers, petals, leaves together using epoxy resin mixed with a thickener.

When it hardens, carefully place this small bouquet in round molds or half a plastic ball. A freshly prepared epoxy mixture should be left for 2–3 minutes so that air can escape and its bubbles do not spoil the appearance of the product. Now you can pour the resin into the mold, wait until it thickens.

Until such a ball is obtained, it will not be quite even in shape. To fix this, first go over the surface with a coarse grain, then a fine grain. It is better to do this in water so that there is no dust, and the process goes faster.

The next step is polishing. For this, a plastic or headlight polish purchased from a motorist store works well. Apply it to the felt nozzle, walk from all sides over the workpiece.

Here's how to make the pendant next. To attach the chain to the ball, take the cap and pin.

Put the pin on the hat, use round-nose pliers to fold it into a loop. Glue this blank to the pendant with epoxy.

All that remains is to attach the chain and wear such an unusual pendant with pleasure.

And now we suggest that you sit comfortably in an armchair, watch a cognitive plot on how to make a ring out of wood and epoxy resin.

These two materials are also the main characters. next video... From it you will learn how to make a table using a similar technique.

A material such as plexiglass is widespread and used in many areas.
human activities. It is used in roofing glazing of modern greenhouses, and the material is also in great demand in industrial and domestic glazing, different kinds protective fence also made using this durable material, production is also not complete without durable acrylic.

In stores you can find huge selection products made of plexiglass, these are:

• bathroom accessories;
• shower cabins;
• kitchen aprons;
• all kinds of shelves;
• advertising posters;
• boxes;
• awnings, canopies;
• tableware;
• stained-glass windows and various other elements.

Products made of this durable transparent material are in demand in offices, in advertising, trade, these are price holders, stands for various products, holders for menus, stands for business cards, stands for Cell phones, holders for jewelry and cosmetic products.

It is convenient to make products made of acrylic and plexiglass, because it is quite simple to process the material, there is no need to use special tools... It is thanks to these characteristics that plexiglass is actively used in the manufacture of various decorative elements, both on an industrial scale and by hand.

DIY acrylic products

If you wish, you can independently, without special equipment, make a plexiglass product at home. Making such an item will require you to have this very acrylic, you may also need a cutter or jigsaw for cutting, prepare a special glue based on acrylic chips for gluing. If you are not going to work with a new plexiglass element, then you may need to perform a stage of polishing, grinding, in order to remove existing damage, scratches from the surface of the material.

Plexiglass phone stand

A product such as a phone stand can be made at home. You can come up with custom design, for example, by adding a round or other geometric element. Below we will consider what is required to make such a stand, and we will directly describe the manufacturing process.

You will need:

• wire, it must be nichrome, 0.5-1mm thick, length within 30-50cm;
• 12V power supply;
• a flat board, a furniture board is suitable;
• plexiglass.

The peculiarity of the selected material lies in the fact that products from plexiglass and acrylic can be made with a smooth bend. In order to make a homemade cutter, you need to fix the prepared wire along the flat end of the board. On the one hand, you can hook it onto the self-tapping screw, on the other hand, it is worth providing a "tensioner", this is necessary in order to exclude the possibility of the wire sagging when it is heated. As a "tensioner", you can use the spring available in the "farm".

When the thread is fixed, we connect it to a power source, it is better if it will be with the ability to adjust the power. At this stage, you already have a product for bending plexiglass.

Now you need to prepare the workpiece of the desired size. Process its ends with sandpaper, this will be the first stage. In order to get a really neat edge, use GOI paste and a soft piece of matter at the final stage of processing. After processing the ends, your workpiece should have neat edges, without grooves and snags.

Next, you need to carefully bend the future stand. It is necessary to place the part on the edge of the bending board, the fold line should be located directly above the tensioned wire. Turn on heating element and wait about five minutes. When the workpiece is warmed up, start bending.

Important!!! You need to bend the workpiece in the opposite direction from the heater.

Performing each new fold, give the workpiece time to cool down, so to speak, fix the action. As a result of such simple manipulations, you can independently make your own acrylic phone holder with your own design.

All souvenir products in the world can be divided into two large groups... The first includes the same type of trinkets, which are overflowing the shelves of numerous souvenir shops. As a rule, a person forgets about the existence of such products on the second day after purchasing them. But there is another category of souvenirs - exclusive items created by copyright design projects... Such souvenirs are presented as gifts to respected people; they are allocated for storing such masterpieces special places in an apartment or office. Our company is engaged in the manufacture of just such souvenirs - design products that can be called works of art.

What is special about such products? The fact is that exclusive acrylic souvenirs created by us are unique. Products are made according to individual orders - this means that inscriptions, images, shape, color and many other characteristics are selected depending on the wishes of the customer. The properties of acrylic allow us to create unimaginable things - the scope for creativity of designers is not limited by anything.

The cost of acrylic resin products depends on overall dimensions castings (volume) of a finished souvenir and is calculated based on the cost: 1 cm 3 (10x10x10mm 3) = 8 rubles with VAT (for a product volume of 100 cm 3). When ordering small-sized items less than 100 cm 3, the price is agreed. The minimum possible cost of such souvenirs is from 450 rubles / piece for a batch of 100 pieces.
For example: A product made of acrylic with a size of 5x5x8cm will cost 200cm 3 x 8 rubles = 1600 rubles with VAT.

Advantages of clear acrylic resin:

• All products made from of this material, are distinguished by high aesthetics.
• Acrylic resin souvenirs are very durable and highly wear-resistant.
• The quality of products made from this material does not change under the influence of aggressive factors external environment, such as high humidity and sharp drops temperatures.
• The surface of the products does not crack during operation, even under the influence low temperatures due to its good frost resistance.
• All objects made from acrylic resin have an optically transparent glossy surface.
• Due to the material's resistance to ultraviolet radiation, products made from these raw materials are not prone to yellowing and always retain their original color.
• A characteristic feature of resin products is ease of maintenance, since they do not need special care and it is enough to wipe them with a damp cloth.
• Since there are no styrenes in the composition of acrylic resin, products made from it are safe for human health and can come into contact with human skin without consequences.
• Making souvenirs from acrylic resin, you can fill it with any items of both organic and inorganic origin (beads, dried insects, dry leaves and flowers, coffee beans, mineral fillers and much more).
• By using acrylic resin, enough complex ideas, which cannot be technically realized from natural glass.

Our company occupies a leading position in Moscow for the production of high quality souvenirs.

An individual approach to each client, assistance in technological issues during product development, any production volumes from unique single pieces to small-scale production - all this allows us to maintain a leading position in the market for many years.

We have a profitable price policy... The cost of the product will directly depend on the amount of material used.

Commemorative awards, medals and prizes made of acrylic will serve as an original distinction or a worthy reminder of important achievements in sports, show business, corporate environment. Such products can take any shape - from small plaques to exclusive figurines, intricately shaped cups, three-dimensional letters, logos, signs. Modern technologies make it possible to apply any inscriptions, images, corporate symbols to the acrylic surface.

Items in acrylic - perhaps one of the most original designs of souvenir products. The very possibility of the presence of an object inside a monolithic bar seems simply incredible! But we went further - now you can put inside acrylic not only solid objects, but also capsules with liquid or loose substances. You can place a container with alcohol, a book, a key, a toy, a piece of jewelry or any other memorable thing in acrylic.

Acrylic frames and the clock - a chic option for a gift on the occasion of a home celebration or corporate event... Original acrylic frames will be a worthy frame for the most important photos or diplomas. Union acrylic base and clockwork allows you to create great decoration for home or office interiors. Such products, supplemented with inscriptions or drawings with individual connotations, can become a truly exclusive present. Built-in dynamic or static lighting can add special charm to acrylic souvenirs.

Photo on acrylic - an excellent solution for making a unique souvenir. The creation of realistic color pictures on acrylic by UV printing is one of the most better ways individualization of souvenir products. Another technique for applying images to acrylic surface - laser engraving... With the help of the thinnest laser tool, a monochrome drawing is formed - an original image invented by a designer or a picture from a photo. Contrasting images look especially beautiful - bright hues on a black backing or black outlines on a gold or silver base. Transparent acrylic engraving will be more effective when combined with edge lighting.

Keychains, Christmas toys and many, many other pleasant little things for the soul are custom-made. The technological capabilities of acrylic and the creativity of our designers are an amazing combination, thanks to which indescribably beautiful and stylish things are born.

Please contact us even if you did not find what you need in the proposed list. We have presented only part of our capabilities.

The high professionalism of our employees allows us to carry out work according to your individual design layouts or sketches.

Making souvenirs using acrylic resin, we are ready to turn your dreams into unique inimitable objects of the real world.

Wonderful twig and epoxy bracelet

Many have probably seen original epoxy resin jewelry in stores. Such products are very popular, because each piece of jewelry combines magic, romance, and creative design idea. Like frozen drops of a spring clear water with amazing compositions inside, earrings, rings, brooches attract fashionistas who want to emphasize tenderness, femininity, extraordinary taste in the choice of accessories. Undoubtedly, in order to buy such a product, you will have to spend a fair amount of money, because the price of works of authorship is fairly high. Do you want to look stylish and smart with a minimum of money? We offer to learn how to make beautiful jewelry from epoxy resin with your own hands. The process is incredibly creative, interesting, will appeal to all lovers of beautiful hand made costume jewelry.

What is epoxy resin

You need to be able to choose a resin for creativity. This is, first of all, a synthetic product; its choice should be approached very responsibly.

Round earrings with leaves and flowers
Epoxy resin jewelry with leaf
Unusual earrings with roses

It is not worth saving, because cheap and low-quality material can turn yellow, has too sharp and unpleasant odor, low plasticity and transparency.

All these properties determine the quality and aesthetics of jewelry. It is important that the resin completely imitates glass or transparent ice, amazing compositions from any natural materials... How to choose an epoxy resin? The material is safe, it is a transparent liquid, contains chemical resins and hardeners. In the process of mixing these ingredients, polymerization and solidification occurs.

Valuable by its unique properties The product has been widely used by decorators, designers, artists, jewelry and souvenir manufacturers. If you learn correct work with epoxy resin, you can create magical 3D effects, protect any craft from dust, scratches, moisture. As a rule, for creativity, manufacturers prepare complex kits, which directly include a chemical product, gloves, a measuring cup for easy mixing, a stick for mixing the substance. Preference should be given to trusted manufacturers in order to avoid harm to precious health. The main secret success - strict adherence to the instructions and the proportions of the epoxy composition.

Epoxy resin

Despite the relative chemical safety, the utmost care should be taken in the work:

• avoid contact of the resin on the mucous membrane, skin of the hands, work in gloves, a medical mask or a protective petal;
• if glaze particles do get on the skin or mucous membranes, immediately rinse the area with running water;
• it is forbidden to use resins for the manufacture of products that come into contact with food;
• work with epoxy should be carried out in a ventilated area;
• when turning products, be sure to wear a respirator so that particles do not fall on the mucous membrane.

Compliance with simple safety rules can make the creative process more comfortable.

How to work with epoxy

5 main secrets

Many craftswomen were able to turn their favorite hobby into a successful home business, because beautiful and original jewelry is at its peak today.

Wood and epoxy decorations
DIY epoxy studs
Dandelion pendant on a chain

To learn this art, experienced needlewomen have several secrets:

• Pouring forms. The molds, which the craftsmen call molds, must be made of high quality platinum silicone. This type of molds makes it possible to control the pouring at any stage, as well as to conveniently remove the product after solidification. After work, be sure to rinse the molds with warm soapy water.
• Temperature conditions. You should be aware that the polymerization process is closely related to the release of heat. During a chemical reaction, the resin can be heated up to high temperature, even up to 60 degrees. Please note that the mold for pouring blanks must be heat-resistant.
• The desired consistency. Before the polymerization step, the resin retains the properties of a viscous liquid. If dry filler is used, such as cork, wood cuts or chips, it goes down. This should be taken into account when distributing the composition.
• Transparency. The main difficulty faced by beginners and experienced craftsmen, - air bubbles.

To make the surface and structure of the product as transparent as possible, you can let the mixture settle a little, and then heat it up. This will float up the bubbles and can then be carefully removed.

• Use of decor. In this matter, everything is limited only by the imagination of the needlewomen. Small cones, leaves and flowers, dried flowers, glitters, rhinestones, beads are the most popular decor for making beautiful jewelry made of epoxy resin. Using leaves and flowers, it is better to dry them first. The classic way- like in school, between the pages of a book.

You should not skimp on accessories for your jewelry, the stingy, as they say, pays twice! Agree, it is very important what the so hard-fledged compositions are framed in inside a transparent drop.

Epoxy video tutorial

Diy epoxy jewelry

Armed with theoretical knowledge and the secrets of experienced needlewomen, you can proceed to the practical part of the creative process. We offer several simple and interesting master classes for beginners on making original jewelry.

Transparent ring with grass

Mysterious DIY ring made of wood and resin

Decoration with dried flowers

To create beautiful earrings, you need high-quality epoxy resin, beautiful dried flowers of heather, forget-me-nots, Veronica Dubravna or any other flowering forest herbs. You will also need an earring hook. We will use the simplest method without any special molds.

Fern brooch and earrings
The blue flower pendant looks alive
Round pendant with cute flowers

The work algorithm is as follows:

• Let's prepare an epoxy compound. Strictly according to the instructions, knead all the ingredients, and then leave the resin to set the desired viscosity, for about 2-3 hours. Do not be alarmed, initially a lot of air bubbles collect in the resin. After the mass has settled, they will gradually disappear.
• Draw several stencils on a sheet of paper. You can make them in any shape, oval, round or even irregular, so the product looks more interesting.
• While the mixture is thickening, prepare the surface. This stage is very important, because every small speck of dust will violate the delicate aesthetics of the transparent jewelry. The surface should be perfectly flat, you can cover it with oilcloth or cling film on top.
• We lay out our stencils on an oilcloth, and cover them on top with ordinary office files. We begin to pour the resin directly onto the file, spreading it over the stencil, and straightening the edges with a stick or toothpick. The height of the workpiece should be 2-3 centimeters. Cover the top with a dome lid.
• We leave the blanks until they solidify for a day. After we remove them from the files, they are separated from the polyethylene surface without extra effort... We give correct shape file or emery paper, slightly sharpening the edges of the product.
• We knead a new batch of resin, and in the meantime we lay out the dried flowers. We drip a little viscous mass onto the base and apply dried flowers, cover with a lid and let dry. To make the coating as voluminous as a lens, we again coat it with resin. We give the final shape with a file or sandpaper.
• With a needle we drill a hole at the base and thread the hooks. The product is ready.

Chamomile on a red background

Epoxy resin and dried flowers jewelry

Skeleton leaves

Designer bracelet

Epoxy resin is used to cast amazing accessories with any filling. We offer an interesting lesson on creating an original bracelet.

Bracelet with flowers
Bracelet with weed and red berries
Bracelet with delicate flowers

It will come in handy at work:

• special mold for the bracelet;
• two-component resin with hardener;
• plastic container for mixing the mass;
• wooden stick;
• dry leaves or flowers.

From tools, simple toothpicks and scissors are useful, as well as sandpaper for grouting.

DIY epoxy and wood bracelet

Let's get to work:

• Wash and dry the form. We will knead the epoxy "dough" in the proportion indicated by the manufacturer. Stir the mixture until the bubbles come to the surface.
• Let's prepare a decorative filler. Cut the leaves so that they do not look out of the mold.
• When the resin has thickened and settled, carefully pour it into the mold.

Fill should be done slowly, in a thin stream. The more accurately the substance is poured into the mold, the less polishing is required for the product.

• Immediately put the leaves in the resin in a circle, spreading them with a toothpick. So that all air bubbles come out of the resin, you can put the mold in the oven for 10 minutes, heated to 80 degrees, and then turned off.
• After heating, we take out the workpiece, leave it to harden.

When the jewelry is frozen, we remove it from the mold, grind the irregularities and sharp edges with fine-grained sandpaper. To make the surface of the bracelet glossy, open it with acrylic varnish.

DIY epoxy bracelet

Colored resin products

The creative materials industry is keeping pace with the development of the creative industry. Today, epoxy resin can be used to make not only transparent, like a teardrop, products, but also bright colored decorations of any rainbow colors. Especially popular are jewelry of any shades made of epoxy resin and wood. They can easily complement a boho look, creating a romantic mood. We offer you to create a creative miracle with your own hands by making an original and fashionable accessory. In the work we will use transparent resin, pieces of acrylic, wood cuts, glowing pigments. To shape the product, you need a sander.

Epoxy Rainbow Earrings

Let's start the process:

• Let's prepare a sketch of the decoration on paper. We will distribute the areas where the resin should be, and where the wood decor should be, we will determine the color transitions.
• We glue the pieces of acrylic, put the slices of the tree on the bottom according to the sketch, glue them to the base so that they do not float up in the resin mass.
• We mix the resin and hardener in the required ratio, add blue or green fluorescent pigment to the mass. If you use a simple glow pigment, the resin will take on a milky hue. With colored pigments, the product looks brighter, more original.
• We knead the resin, stirring with a stick strictly in a circle so that the bubbles come out to the surface. Fill the workpiece.

Curing time depends on several factors: room temperature, correct mixing and ratio of ingredients.

We cover the workpiece with a lid to avoid dust particles falling on the delicate surface.

• A day later, if the workpiece has frozen, we disassemble the formwork and remove the block. It's time to give it the desired shape.

We level the surface with a grinder, cut out the desired shape according to the sketch, process the edges of the product.

From one block, you can make several jewelry at once in the same theme for yourself, as well as as a gift to relatives and friends.

Epoxy resin jewelry is always stylish and distinctive. Each product combines natural fragility, tenderness and a unique creative idea of ​​the master. Having learned all the secrets of unusual art, you can create with pleasure, creating a collection of unusual author's accessories.

Earrings "Colored glass" from epoxy resin and paint

Fruit rings

The slow but steady growth in the well-being of Russians has led to the fact that fewer and fewer people perceive suburban area only as a small personal "springboard" for endless battles for fruit and vegetable products. But the idea of ​​turning this place into a kind of natural oasis, where you want to spend the weekend, breaking free from the kingdom of smog, concrete and cement, comes to us more and more often.

Artificial acrylic stone has no pores, which makes it almost indispensable for the decoration of artificial reservoirs and ponds.

That is why the appearance, along with the beds in our gardens, of rock gardens and rockeries no longer surprises anyone, and even Japanese tobiishi gardens, built with their own hands, are increasingly registered on Russian soil. But it is far from easy to create this beauty, because boulders and stone blocks should not only be significant in size, but also original in shape or color. And then the landscape designers came to the rescue modern technologies, with the help of which various are created, and some of them can be made by hand.

Advantages of artificial decorative stone

The advantages of a man-made stone are obvious. Primarily artificial decorative elements amaze with their rich assortment. you can easily find on sale, and even more so with your own hands, not only all kinds of cobblestones, boulders, pebbles or slates of the required configuration, but also imitating products made of marble, onyx or granite. Their price, of course, is quite affordable, and the appearance is far from bad.

Many products, especially those made on the basis of polymer binders and without the use of cement, are much lighter than their natural counterparts, which makes it possible to use them for finishing works on the site without regard to the strength of the decorated base.

And artificial acrylic stone, in addition to all other advantages, is also distinguished by its thermoplasticity, which allows it to be bent, if necessary, giving the desired shape.

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Decorative stones: types and features

Making a gypsum stone using a mold.

All used in landscape design artificial decorative rock can be subdivided into:

1. Ceramic artificial stone. After molding, it requires firing in special ovens. Due to the rather complex production technology and the need for expensive equipment, it is relatively expensive and not widely used.
2. Cast plaster or sand-cement. These types of stones, as the name suggests, are made from a mixture of cement, sand, gypsum and other fillers as well as pigments. Due to their low frost resistance, gypsum products are not very suitable for outdoor use. Boulders and cobblestones, as well as all kinds of garden small forms of cement or concrete, both industrial or handicraft, and made by hand, on the contrary, are quite common. However, their appearance is often quite clumsy copying natural beauty natural stone. therefore garden sculptures made of cement, they are most often painted with paints and enamels intended for outdoor use.

Such "masterpieces" are quite unpretentious and easily endure all the hardships of being in the open air. For enthusiasts looking to make jewelry like this for personal plot with your own hands, it should be borne in mind that an ordinary solution made from sand and cement is suitable only for the manufacture of products by filling in ready-made forms. Cast sculptures are quite massive and difficult to transport. If you would like to create garden figurines based on a frame made of metal mesh, you will have to make a special sculpted concrete with the addition of special plasticizer additives, which give the mixture of sand and cement the necessary consistency. At home, PVA glue or liquid detergent can be used as plasticizers.

Acrylic artificial stone. It is made by introducing mineral fillers into an acrylic gel, followed by molding in a special chamber under vacuum or by injection molding. The main difference that artificial acrylic stone is famous for is the absence of pores, which makes it almost irreplaceable when decorating artificial reservoirs and ponds. Acrylic stone is a talented imitator that allows you to reliably recreate not only marble streaks or inclusions of mica in granite, but also the splendor of semi-precious semi-precious stones: cat's eye, malachite or charoite.