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String art has been a popular craft for over a hundred years, especially in the late 1960's and 70's when it was combined with psychedelic colours to create some very dazzling geometric patterns.

I could not find any examples of string art ever being crafted into resin, so here is my experiment using DMC Light Effects E980 thread to make a very striking pendant, which is bright yellow in daylight and glows like crazy under blacklight. The idea was to remove the pins after the resin had cured to leave the string magically suspended with no visible means of support.

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Easy tutorial to make a wire pendant in the shape of a leaf. Materials: Copper wire 18G and 26G. Tools: Cutting pliers, round and flat. File for jewelry.

In this tutorial you will learn how to turn an eye pin into a simple bail and embed it into a resin mold. This is an easy way of turning molded resin objects into jewelry.

Designer: Julie Bean

Use a paper punch to punch out shapes in pretty papers, punch a (guide) hole for jump-rings to go through, coat both sides with resin and let cure while leaving it resting on wax paper. It's interesting that this tutorial doesn't instruct one to seal the paper first, while others I've seen, do.

Rather than using a mold, put the resin on top of a base, such as little wooden stars. This works because most UV resins are thick enough that they won't pour over the side, but dome instead. This tutorial also shows an ombre effect by pre mixing three shades (using PearlEx mica powder), putting them on with a toothpick, and then blending them in between sections.

A couple of useful tips about adding bails to resin charms. One I hadn't seen before was: use a piece of styrofoam as a drilling surface to protect the surface underneath.,

What is notable about this is the tips for finishing the washer-based pendants with Enviro Tex, which is a glossy two-part resin finish; somewhat fussy to work with, but a very durable and glossy finish.,

The tutorial is in Russian, but the pictures make it clear enough.