Jul 11
One of the nice things about this project is that it rewards hoarders. I kept the little fimo orange slices from a (still unfinished) project I was working on last year. Every time I make these magnets, I make them in a batch of 28, because that’s how much resin my measuring cups will hold. …
Jul 04
I used to use scraps from my little books for the background paper in these, but the scrapbook papers commonly available are just as nice. You can’t see them perfectly well anyway. The one at the top with the orange flowers is one of my favorites.
Jun 28
These magnets contain some of my niftier findings. I took apart a watch to get the gears in the upper right. They aren’t as fun as all-metal gears, but plastic watch gears aren’t radioactive, unlike some of the radium dusted (it glows! In the dark!) ones from last century. I like the transistors too, and …
Jun 21
I experimented with different things to set in the resin, and some were more successful than others. The gold leaf didn’t have that lovely suspended quality I had hoped for. The small metal button in the bottom one is nice, though the glare of the light (which was even filtered!) makes it hard to see. …
Jun 14
We got a new refrigerator, so to make it feel welcome, I made a set of magnets. Here are some of them, photographed in their natural habitat. To do a project like this, you have to have lots and lots of little pieces and different types of paper, otherwise they aren’t terribly creative.
