Last month I showed you what my friend Nancy did with a metal complex bezel I gave her. She sure made that bezel look spectacular with her wire twisting skills! It challenged me to create a finished piece that was equally as beautiful.
Jewelry Resin is available at John Bead. We had a class featuring it in February and I am always excited to show jewelers how amazing this new resin is.
The bezel I started with was wrapped with Dazzle-It copper aluminum wire. This kept it very light. I choose one of Nancy’s photographs to work with.
Before you pour resin over paper you need to seal it with several layers of a gel medium or mod-podge. You can learn all about these techniques on Resin Crafts Blog.
Once my paper was sealed I selected some dried leaves.
I also added a few scraps of copper wire to accentuate the tree branches.
Of course, I had to add in some beads…this was after all a sample for John Bead! Glass seed beads are the ideal inclusion for resin work.
I did two pours of resin. The first pour was to the halfway point in the bezel. This allowed me to make sure all was perfect. A day later I did the final pour to the bezel edge. I let my piece cure for a full 48 hours after my final pour. This bezel may be my best. Now I just need to craft a super kumihimo cord to string it!
