Thursday 10 June 2010

More resin pieces completed - this is a pendant in a lilac y colour .... think I will do a bigger version as well ..... still looking in to bio resin, need to make sure it is the same to use as my current resin and will react the same to colour etc ......

Wednesday 9 June 2010

So today have made several more resin pieces and now I am beginning to see what will work and what probably won't.

The piece above is a chunk of resin made in a mould that I made and then set in silver like a chunk of semi precious stone.

As I am trying to work with recycled silver (ethical, sustainable route) then I need to look in to bio resin. It is about 4 times more expensive than the resin I use but if my resin work sells well then I will start to use it.

Which leads me on to my little holiday that I have finally booked today. I go away every year with 2 old school friends and kids (my 2, and one of my friends, thother firneds has no children but she is great and really mucks in). We normally go for a few days camping but this year we are off to Ibiza for 5 days!!!!! One of the friends has a house there which she rents out but she is making use of it herself for a change for a few weeks in August and we are going to join her!

Seriously need to sell more jewellery!

These green earrings are made from sterling silver with green resin, there is a leaf print on the silver. The resin kind of spins out from the centre.

Monday 7 June 2010

Its the start of the weekand I am already behind in my quest to contact one gallery/outlet a day to show my new resin rocks range. Not a good start but I will make up for it, I missed two days last week, other things took over.
Last night my youngest daughter had a very high temperature and hallucinated so we all had a bad night. She seems better today but she will probably stay at home today to recover.
I have 2 job applications to fill in so hopefully I will get those done and sent off.
The ring in the picture is another resin one, I used opaque red and dripped blue in to it. I love mxing the colour but I really need to keep a record of what colours I am mixing and how much I am putting i so I can achieve it again! Not my strong point......
Hopefully tomorrow I can report I got my job list for today done ............

Saturday 5 June 2010

In laws are here, they stayed overnight but will leave this afternoon. It's nice to see them but they make such a mess that its always a big clear up when they have gone.

Went to see TINA - There is no alternative - exhibition at the Storey in Lancaster yesterday. I have to say I really didn't get it, if it is art then I am totally lost, I couldn't appreciate any of it!

Sun seems to have disappeared today but hopefully will come back, we haven't had enough of it yet .............

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On the children front or should I say young adults as they are now 15 and 16years old, we had a slight panic last night when I got a call from a friend where my 15 yr old was sleeping over to day that they hadn't come home and it was 11pm. These friends live in the middle of nowhere, on the moors, and her daughter and mine had gone for a walk to the 'Big Stone' (local landmark) about 8pm. For some teenage reason it didn't occur to them to start walking back when it started to go dark! Its about a 2 mile walk but my friend is a single mother with younger kids and couldn't get out to search for them so she called us and we went out. Fortunately by the time we got to her house they were home .......... telling off from both sides about the time etc ...... lots of answering back from her daughter and an apology from mine ........ sorted, sort of!

Other daughter is studying for GCSE's in between Facebook, iTunes and TV.

I am starting to contact outlets about my resin, I want to get in to some better ones this time, ones with a higher footfall, more sales etc etc ...........

Will let you know what happens ........ in all areas ........

3 June 2010

I am really pleased with my resin work, I have attached some images for you to see so I hope you like them too.
I have just heard about bio-resin which is a natural non toxic alternative to yukky resin but the price is quite high, about 4 times more than the one I buy. Its rather frustrating that a more natural alternative so much more expensive. In contrast I recently came across a supplier of 100% recycled metals which I am now buying to make my jewellery which is exactly the same price as the supplier I normally buy from.