7 Resin and Crystal Clay Techniques!

Nunn Design’s 2-Part Resin and Crystal Clay, a two-part epoxy clay, are two of the main techniques that we explore and teach here at Nunn Design.

Here are 7 different ways that you can create unique pieces of wearable art with these two mediums.

1. Texturized Resin (that is cut/punched and stitched on)

This technique came about during some creative play time. Nunn Design’s 2-Part Resin has a window of approximately 30-45 minutes. After that, the resin starts to set-up and become so thick that it is no longer usable. I hate to see the resin go to waste, so I poured it out onto a texturing pad to see what would happen. Well, pretty cool stuff happened! 

Learn the Techniques!

• Texturized Resin Tutorial: Part 1
• Texturized Resin Tutorial: Part 2

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• Nunn Design 2-Part Resin Kit
• Nunn Design Open Frame Hoops
• Nunn Design Wire Frames
• Nunn Design Jump Rings
• Clay Squishers

2. Texturized Resin within an Open Back Bezel (using a mold)

This tutorial is another one of those fun techniques discovered while trying not to panic about my “resin window” closing and the mixture becoming too thick to use. It involves making and creating your own mold using organics, such as leaves, and pouring the resin into open back bezels that are placed onto the mold’s surface texture.

Learn the Techniques!

• Making Molds with Organics to Create Sculpted Resin Tutorial + Video

Shop Supplies:

shop Buy & Try Making Molds with Organics to Create Sculpted Resin

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• Shop Wholesale Buy & Try Making Molds with Organics to Create Sculpted Resin
• Silicon Putty
• Nunn Design Open Back Bezels

3. Sculpted Relief Crystal Clay with Colorized Resin

I love this technique. There are several steps and this technique can seem a bit overwhelming, but the finished jewelry pieces are so stunning. I find that I do this technique in batches. A lot of times, I will have extra bits of Crystal Clay that I will just press into a Nunn Design Bezel, press into one of my many molds, then leave them to cure. After a while, all of these pendants start to amass in one of my “parts and pieces bins” and I’ll pull them all out and pour some almost left-over curing colorized resin onto the top of them. Again, a great technique to just do, but also a great technique for using up excess bits of Crystal Clay and Nunn Design 2-Part Resin before it sets-up and is wasted.

Learn the Techniques!

• Create Perfectly Registered Sculpted Reliefs

Shop Supplies:

shop Buy & Try Sculpted Relief

Shop Supplies Wholesale:

• Buy & Try Sculpted Relief
• Silicon Putty
• Crystal Clay
• Nunn Design Resin
• Castin’ Crafts Opaque Pigments (Colorants)

4. Mosaic Cut Resin

Alright, I sense a theme here. Maybe we should have titled this post “how to use up junk before it is trash.” This TOO is a technique that came about from using extra bits of almost to be wasted resin. If you have worked with resin before, you often have some leftover resin you don’t want to waste. This tutorial will help your resin be “good to the last drop.”

Resin, when it is still curing, (6 hour mark) is very soft and can easily be cut with scissors and even rolled. Create interesting mosaics with the excess resin that would have otherwise been sent off to the trash!

Learn the Techniques!

• Create Colorized Resin Mosaics with Excess Resin Tutorials

Shop Supplies:

SHOP BUY & TRY RESIN MOSAICS – COLORIZED RESIN, OPEN BACK BEZELS

Shop Supplies Wholesale:

• Buy & Try Resin Mosaics – Colorized Resin, Open Back Bezels
• Nunn Design Resin
• Castin’ Crafts Opaque Pigments (Colorants)
• Open Pendants Cast
• Open Bezel Rings

5. Colorized Resin with Transfer Sheets

Another Nunn Design 2-Part Resin technique that involves a couple steps, but the results are amazing.  Another technique that requires multiple pours of resin, but great for creating unique one of a kind jewelry.

Learn the Techniques!

• Colorized Resin in an Open Back Bezel with Transfer Sheets

Shop Supplies:

SHOP NOW BUY & TRY TRANSFER SHEETS – COLORIZED RESIN, OPEN BACK BEZELS

Shop Supplies Wholesale:

• Buy & Try Transfer Sheets – Colorized Resin, Open Back Bezels
• Nunn Design Resin Kit
• Castin’ Crafts Opaque Pigments (Colorants)
• Transfer Sheets
  • Transfer Sheet Black & White Trees
• Open Pendants Cast

6. Embedding Ball Chain into Crystal Clay

There are a lot of tutorials sharing the many ways to incorporate ball chain into Crystal Clay to create unique mosaic styled pieces like these samples. The possibilities are endless!

Learn the Techniques!

• Itsy Link Charm Tutorial, Inspiration + Video
• Itsy Bezel Tutorial
• Domed Itsy Bezel Tutorial
• Itsy Link Bottle Tutorial, Inspiration + Video
• Excess Crystal Clay Bits – Make a Beaded Drop!
• Create Decorative Pendants with Chain, Crystal Clay and Open Bezel Deep Channel Pendants

Shop Supplies:

Shop Supplies Retail:

• Ball Chain
• Crystal Clay

Shop Supplies Wholesale:

• Ball Chain
• Crystal Clay
• Bezels

7. Crystal Clay with Mica Flakes and Resin

This technique is fast because you don’t need to let the Crystal Clay cure prior to embedding the Mica Flakes and pouring on the Nunn Design 2-Part Resin. 2 steps, but rich results!

Learn the Techniques!

• Bitsy Earrings with Crystal Clay, Gold Flakes and Nunn Design Resin – Tutorial

Shop Supplies:

SHOP BUY & TRY BITSY EARRINGS WITH MICA FLAKES & RESIN

Shop Supplies Wholesale:

• Buy & Try Bitsy Earring Posts with Mica Flakes & Resin!
• Bitsy Earrings
• Bezels
• Crystal Clay
• Mica Flakes
• Nunn Design Resin

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