Resin Work - Mark's Photos 

OK, so this was Mark's first intentional Resin job.   He likes it pretty well, but he learned some things, and will do better next time.

This was Mark's first pyramid, which consisted of 1 Pour. He just wanted to do one Pour of Clear Resin, to find out if there would be obvious bubbles, before he did is first important pour.  It's actually very hard to take a picture of this one, because it refracts the light so much, it appears to have 12 sides, and multiple colors.   It just bends the light so much, it doesn't even look clear.

Note there are bubbles, but they are a lot fewer than my first pour. He also ended up with a trapped bubble at the point, which left him with a crater at the tip.   We're very careful of that, now.      He uses a long skewer to get down into the point to ensure that doesn't happen again. 

Oddly, there's a small wave on the edge of the bottom (Top, when it's being poured.) You can see it in the pic above. Not quite sure how that came to be.  Perhaps a drool down the side as he poured, didn't quite flatten out all the way?   IDK.  Seems like it would have had time to incorporate.

Here you can see the insides of what is supposed to be a Cairn, which is a pile of rocks found on hiking trails.   The cairn got lost in the muddle of all the gravel he used as a base.   We felt it would look funny just floating in a clear pyramid, so gravel seemed like a good option, but now you don't know what it is, except a lot of rocks.   Still looks cool, but just not what he was aiming for.   This one took two pours to make, and a lot of fussing with gluing the rocks together, so they'd sit right.  He had a mishap with his first attempt to suspend the rocks inside a pour, to add to the pyramid later.  That setup leaked, so it just made a big mess.  Unfortunately, the rocks got coated, but not filled, and when he suspended them into the pyramid to fill in around them, they had trapped air in the rocks, that couldn't get out.   Too bad.   But, we are undeterred, and will try again.   : )

Here it sits on the paper towel, because if you set it on a dark surface, you lose most of the details.   Note how the tip is nice and pointy now.   : )

Mark's desk is pretty light, so it may look fine in there. 

Also, notice how it looks dark all the way to the top.  This is a fully clear pour, except at the base, where there is a thin layer of gravel, and the cairn rocks protrude in the center. All the rest is clear, but all the way to the tip, it appears dark. It looks very dark in person, too, not just in pics.  You have to hold it up to the light, and look through sideways, to see it's clear.   That surprised me.  Gotta be careful what you put on that base.