The start of the resin (wedding) experiments...

Resin and I have a bit of a love-hate relationship. I love it, it loves to hate me! Still to this day I cannot get the top surface of my resin to dry as a perfectly hard, scratch resistant surface. I have to build it up to a higher level than I actually want so that I can file down a millimeter of the not so hard surface to leave the finished piece with a durable surface. This is all very well and good, but it is a bit of a mission (not to mention a waste of time) especially when poured resin can hold such a beautiful domed shape. Anyway, moving on…

I started working on this wedding piece quite some time ago. The actual piece is not yet finished (I seem to have misplaced it) but once I eventually find it and finish it, I will put up a post.

In my initial tests (picture to the left)neither the chocolate or the petals were coated in anything before they were put in the resin. The petals turned see-through and after a day or two the chocolate turned to a not so great ‘old chocolate’ look.

So we moved on to the next lot of experiments…

I coated the chocolate and the petal in a craft glaze and this seems to have done the trick. The petal did not go see-through and the chocolate still looks good! :)