How to make metal jewellery?

I want to make jewellery with resin, but im not sure on how to do that?

• post a website or a sep by step guide :) i have a 15 centemeter image that i am mounting on a centemeter thick peice of wood.. byt how do i get that clear coating ?

• Answer:

  There are two ways to get what you're asking about with a resin, and two different types of 2-part resin that could be used (though I find often people don't realize there's a difference in the 2 types and what each can and can't do, calling them all just "resin"). If you use a *polyester* resin, you'll be putting your image and wood into a mold that's just a bit wider than your wood, face down onto the resin, then adding more resin on top fully trapping or "encasing/embedding" the items in resin. Polyester resins are also called "casting" resins because they're intended to be poured into molds... there the front part of the resin item will be the part that's deepest into the mold. One brand is Cast 'N Craft... it will be mixed by adding a few drops of part B (the catalyst) to a lot of part A. The other way to do it would be with an *epoxy* resin. For that, you'd place your image (adhered to the wood), face up this time, on top of a small riser --narrower than the wood but any height--often a few stacked coins are used. Then mix equal parts of its part A and part B, and pour that over the top (upward facing) image**... some brands are Envirotex Lite, Ultra Glo, etc. Any excess will drip off the edges but the resin will also pool and dome a bit and create a very thick coating ("equal to 60 coats of polyurethane" I think they usually say). You can also brush epoxy resin on the back of your wood if you want then let cure again, or just use a polyurethane or diluted white glue for that part. Epoxy resins are the type that are also frequently used for bartops to get that thick clear coating (and sometimes even called bartop resin.) You can buy either of those types of resin at craft and hobby shops if you don't need much of it. (**be sure and seal the paper and any bare wood that will be touching any resin before using it since those materials are porous --you can use a thinned down permanent white glue, then let it dry ...otherwise the paper will turn translucent, and the wood could cause moisture or air released during the cure causing problems (not sure about that last part though) There's more info on the two types of resin and how to use them on this page at site if you want to check it out: http://glassattic.com/polymer/other_materials.htm P.S. You don't need a blowtorch for popping the normal bubbles that happen when epoxy resins first start to cure. Most will pop on their own, or you can use anything that makes carbon dioxide like a match, or your breath (exhaling through a straw can focus your carbon dioxide even more). HTH, Diane B.