Inspired by Clare Collinson's silver and resin jewellery, I decided to try using resin in my own jewellery. I first made three copper hoops in different sizes, and used silver solder to solder them to a base piece. I found it difficult at first to get the solder to go all the way around the hoops, as the hoops were heating up a lot faster than the base piece. I then used some wire to make a zig zag shape the piece could sit on, to let heat underneath the base piece, and heat it more evenly. once the soldering was done, I carefully cut pieces of paper to fit in the hoops. these were photocopies of a feather and a butterfly's wing, and I chose each piece carefully to show pieces of interesting pattern.
I then mixed the resin and filled each of the hoops half full with resin. I left this to harden overnight. I then carefully cut pieces of real feather and butterfly wing into strips, to try to make a zebra pattern from them. I arranged these pieces on top of the set resin, then mixed some more resin and poured it on top. when I was pouring it, I first dripped a bit on each piece, so it would stay where I wanted it when I put the rest of the resin in.
After the last layer of resin had hardened, I noticed some of it had leaked, or possibly overflowed, and had stuck the piece to the paper towel it was resting on. I quite like the effect it has given, because now there is a raised pattern, instead of a plain copper back.
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