How to Make a Crackling Bowl with #jennypassionart: This video shows how to make this unique
Crackling Bowl. Even though it did not come out exactly as planned, it was still a great piece and fun to make. See the steps below of how Jenny built this Crackling Bowl and notes what she would do differently to improve it. When doing resin art, we strive to push the boundaries, crafting new things, sometimes from silly ideas that are epic pieces. I firmly believe there is no such thing as bad art, as even disasters are adorned by others. There are so many variations that you can craft, like the one in the image above, using the same principle of making or purchasing a silicone mould and then setting it into another waxed bowl to create your own unique effect for a fantastic bowl.
Passionart Materials you will need
- The mould should be at least 300mm diameter
- Passionart 1 to1 or 2 to 1 resin - 580mls or 550grams if in weight that you can find here in our Highest Quality Resins on our shop.
- Colour Passion Powder Pigments for crafting unique effects.
- Resin Art Temp Gun.
- Rubber gloves.
- Ice-block sticks.
- Paper cups.
- Measure by volume container if using 1 to 1 by volume.
- Scales if using 2 to 1 by weight.
- baby wipes.
- Skewers.
- Low-pressure warm air dryer.
- Gas torch - small is best.
- Passionart Art Tape.
Passionart Steps to Follow.
- Have your resin at room temp or slightly above by preheating your resin in a hot tub of water,
and weigh out how much you require. - Mix your resin slowly so as not to introduce too much air, then let rest for 10 mins.
- Clean your mold with painters or sticky tape - removes micro dust.
- Once your resin reaches 33c, pour enough into your mold to cover it by 1 to 2mm deep.
- Divide the remaining resin into four equal parts and add your Colour Passion, Mica.
- Make sure you leave a small amount of clear resin for the final push/stage.
- Pour your colors around the mold, slightly overlapping the previous color.
- See the video for the above as well as doing the clear push at the end.
- Now use your low, warm heat gun to warm resin, causing blending.
- Now you can add glitter to the center if you want to for more bling.
- Now hit it with a gas torch blue flame, but do not burn resin or mould.
- Leave to cure for 8 to 10 hours temp, depending on room temp.
- Spray your forming mold with silicone spray.
- Remove from your casting mold and place in or on your forming mold.
- Leave to cure fully.
- Remove from the mold and you have just made your first bowl.
- Now you can paint the edges after light sand if you want to or leave natural.
and weigh out how much you require.
