How to Make a Crackling Bowl with Jenny: This video shows how to make this unique piece.
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 to see how Jenny built this Crackling Bowl, and note 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 you can craft, like the one in the image above, using the same principle: 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 in diameter
- Passionart 1 to1 or 2 to 1 resin - 580ml or 550 grams, which you can find here in the 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 temperature 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 it rest for 10 mins.
- Clean your mould with painter's tape or sticky tape- it removes micro dust.
- Once your resin reaches 33c, pour enough into your mould 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 colours around the mould, slightly overlapping the previous colour.
- 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 the resin, causing blending.
- Now you can add glitter to the centre 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, depending on room temperature.
- Spray your forming mould with silicone spray.
- Remove from your casting mould and place in or on your forming mould.
- Leave to cure fully.
- Remove from the mould, and you have just made your first bowl.
- Now you can paint the edges after lightly sanding if you want to, or leave natural.