Finished
Length: 8”
Learn
how to create convincing faux druzys with resin and turn them into a bracelet
of glittering color to give your Fall outfits an earthy feel.
Materials:
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EnviroTex
Jewelry Resin
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Jacquard
Pearl Ex
Pigments: Duo Blue-Green; Duo Green-Yellow; Shimmer Violet; Super Copper; Blue
Russet
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Small
gemstone chips: turquoise, peridot, amethyst, carnelian and mookaite jasper
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Floracraft
Twinklets Diamond Dust
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Measuring
cups – six
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Wooden
stir sticks
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Toothpick
- Gloves
For
gold bracelet:
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2-loop
gold bezels 25mm (from loop to loop) - five
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Rectangle
gold spacer beads 9x8mm – four
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Gold
toggle clasp
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Gold
eye pins (4)
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Gold
split rings (2)
For
silver bracelet:
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Nunn
Design Patera Bracelet Large Circle – Antique Silver
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Foam
mounting tape
Tools:
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Flat
nose pliers
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Round
nose pliers
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Flush
cutters
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Split
ring pliers
Instructions:
Note: Photos and
instructions show how to make the turquoise druzy in the gold bezel. If working
with Nunn Design Patera bracelet, attach a piece of foam mounting to the back
of each bezel to keep it flat whilst you are working. One teaspoon (5ml) of
mixed resin is enough to make both the gold and silver bracelets.
Pour ½ teaspoon (2.5ml) of each part of the Envirotex Jewelry Resin into a
measuring cup and mix according to the package instructions.
Divide the mixed resin between 5 cups. Use a wooden stir stick to add a
different color of Pearl Ex to each cup.
Stir each one until the Pearl Ex powder is completely mixed into the resin.
Using a different gemstone in each bezel, fill each one with enough chips
to cover the bottom.
Tip the gemstone chips into the cup of corresponding colored resin.
Mix them into the resin to coat them completely.
Drag the bead chips up the side of the cup, allowing the resin to drain
back into the bottom of the cup. Use the stir stick to spoon the chips into the
bezel, one at a time, with the smallest amount of resin possible. This will
help the chips keep their jagged shapes and give a more realistic look to the
finished druzys.
Arrange them so that they fully cover the bottom of the bezel. If there are
any gaps, cover the gap with a small amount of resin.
Using a clean stir stick, scoop the Diamond Dust out of the jar and
sprinkle over the bead chips generously to create the druzy sparkle effect.
Use a toothpick to press the
Diamond Dust into the resin.
Set the bezels aside to cure for
12 hours.
String the spacer beads on the
eye pins.
Bend them at a 90° angle to the spacer bead.
Trim the eye pins to 7/16”.
Turn a simple loop on each one.
These need to be large enough to accommodate the bezel loops.
Lay the faux druzys out in your
preferred order and place a spacer component in between each pair. Connect them
together by opening the eye pin loops and hooking them onto the bezel loops.
Use the split ring pliers to open
a split ring and hook on one half of the clasp and the loop of one end of the
bracelet. Attach the second half of the clasp to the other end of the bracelet
with the other split ring.
No assembly is required for the Nunn Design
Patera Bracelet. Just remove the foam mounting tape and wear.
Labels: Envirotex Jewelry Resin, Jewelry, Mylene Hillam
