You'll also need
As with the list above, this will depend on the project you want to make:
- Any colorants you might want to use
- Polymer clay
- Findings of your choice to finish your creations, and any tools needed to work with them
- Paper towels
- Timer
- A piece of scrap wood to protect your surface if you need to drill your pieces
Little Windows Brilliant Resin is your best bet with polymer clay because...
- It's safe and easy to use.
- You can mix in tiny batches if needed to avoid waste.
- You can bake poly clay around your resin pieces - they won't crack or distort, and they will stay shiny.
- You can cast resin around your baked polymer clay pieces.
- You can do a single pour or create layers.
- You can use Brilliant Resin as a varnish and paint it on.
- Gentle formula with no solvents so your designs and intricate work can stay crisp and clear.
Also, our White Resin Colorant won't yellow with baking, so it's great for making eyes and other designs that require bright white shapes.
Ways you can use Brilliant Resin with polymer clay:
CASTING
The first step for these bangles was to fit my polymer clay pieces into my bangle molds and bake them at 275 for 30 minutes. my designs were only about 1/8" thick so they baked pretty quickly. Then I added Brilliant Resin, let that set, and popped out my bangle bracelets!
You can also use Resin Color Film as a background with your polymer clay creations. One of our Amazing Makers, Veronica, made this piece with Resin film by casting in our Oval Double-Sided Mold.
DOMING ON CLAY
The example above and below are from a collaboration with Mags Bonham of Really Unique Creations and show how you can dome thin or thick layers of Brilliant Resin over your baked polymer clay pieces for a great shiny finish.
CLAY AND BAKE
You can also Sculpt around your Brilliant Resin cast pieces you've already made, and bake them with your clay. Just don't exceed polymer clay time and temperature recommendations.
Here's another example of doll eyes made by Kendra at VirgosAlchemy.com, which Phyllis of PGM Sculpting worked with to create the lifelike gaze of this beautiful mermaid doll.
- All Effects
- 3-D
- Bendy Resin
- Bezels
- Casting
- Thin Coat/Varnishing
- Dichroic/Color Shift
- Doming
- Doming-Up
- Double-sided Doming
- Flowers in Resin
- Embedding Elements
- Feathering/Swishing
- Glow In The Dark
- Ink Effects
- Layering
- Making Multiples
- Marble Effect
- Ocean Looks
- Personalizing
- Petri
- Punch Projects
- Resin On Fabrics
- Resizing Images
- Ripple Effect
- Special Effects
- Stamping
- Stone Effects
- Surface Finishes
- Twisted Resin
- Wire Work
- All Types
- 3-D Projects
- Bookmarks
- Bracelets
- Buttons
- Cabochons (half-spheres)
- Candle Votives
- Charms
- Coaster
- Cosplay/Costumes
- Decor
- Dishes/Containers
- Earrings
- Fandom
- Frames
- Games
- Hair Accessories
- Heart Shaped Projects
- ID Tags/Markers
- Keychain
- Knob/Pulls
- Magnets
- Memorabilia
- Necklaces
- Ornaments
- Paperweight
- Patriotic
- Philatelic (stamps)
- Photo Keepsakes
- Pins
- Prayer Beads
- Resin Eyes
- Rings
- Sun Catchers
- Zipper Pulls
- All Events
- All Special Events
- All Holiday
- Pets
- Ancestry/Family
- Wedding
- Anniversary
- New Baby
- Faith
- In Memory of
- Solidarity/Awareness
- Game Day
- New Year
- Valentines
- Easter
- Mother's Day
- Graduation
- 4th of July
- School Days
- Halloween
- Christmas
- More Special Occasions
- All Materials
- All Resin Colorants
- All Organic Matter
- Alcohol Ink
- Acrylic Paint
- Ashes
- Beads
- Black and White Looks
- Candy
- Clear Photo Film
- Color-Shift
- Crystals
- Dichro-ISH Films
- Dried Flowers
- Fabric/Fiber
- Glitter
- Glow In The Dark
- Hair
- Liquid Colorants
- Nail Polish
- MakeUp
- Metal
- Mica Powder
- Mixed Media
- Papers
- Photos
- Plastics
- Polymer Clay
- Postage Stamps
- Resin Color Film
- Sand / Stones
- Sequins
- Shells
- Shrink Films
- Stickers
- Washi Tape
- Wire
- Wood