Create Amazing Jewelry with Resin and Polymer Clay

What you'll need to make this:

- Silicone Cabochons Mold

$24.00

- Large Resin Mold Set with cropping templates (stencils)

$15.00

- Double-Sided Silicone Resin Mold Set with accessories

$24.00

- Resin 12 oz. Set (deals on multiples)

$36.00

- Angled Brushes for Resin

$3.00

- Resin Color Film - Pretty Pale Tints - the easy, clean way to color resin

$8.00

- Set of Black AND White Resin Colorants

$14.00

- Resin Level

$2.90

- Tiny Pointy Swabs - pack of 100

$4.80

- Spring Drill - the easiest drill for resin jewelry

$15.00

(selections can be changed at checkout)

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.