Resin UV LED Earrings Stained Glass Effect Tutorial

Place your metal shapes on a silicone mat for the polymer clay and resin. The surface should be perfectly flat and level. Prepare your colored resin in 4 separate paper cups or glasses.

Padico cups have the advantage of being reusable and can be placed in special airtight boxes that will allow you to store your colored resin for several weeks.

Put a single drop of alcohol ink in an amount equivalent to a little more than needed to fill the shapes. It's better to have too much than too little because if you have to make more colored resin, it may not have the same shade. If you're worried about spoiling, plan other projects to use up the leftover resin.

Pour some of the resin into the shapes without moving them and spread the resin with a toothpick. The resin should touch the edges. Pop the bubbles with a flame from a lighter or gas lighter. Be careful with your tablecloth and your fingers! Cure the resin under the UV LED lamp for 3 minutes.

Turn the shapes over and re-cast resin on the back to eliminate the opaque effect. Cure for 3 minutes.

Draw your shape on a piece of paper, outlining it with a pencil and try to determine where you will make your holes. This sketch will serve as a template for the drilling. Here, the first hole is placed in the center of the shape at 3 mm from the top.

Place the shape on the template and make your holes. If you are using the hand chuck, start with a small drill before expanding with a larger one. Make sure your rings fit very easily through the holes.

On two of the arches, make a second hole at the bottom.

Open the loop ring wide with two jewelry clips and put your first form through it. Close the ring. Connect the shapes together with connecting rings.