Wire Wrapping Resin Jewelry

When I first started doing resin a few months ago, it was for making very specific pieces for family members and putting various things in the resin pieces, which tends to be a little more challenging. But I never really got the chance to play around with different pigments or mixing colors, so I wanted a chance to do all that without having to worry about what objects would be added in and if it would cause bubbles or not, etc. So I've been making some smaller pieces and a wide variety of colors! If you're not familiar with pigments used with resin, there's liquid colors you can drop in that are transparent, there's powdered pigments that are more opaque and come in a lot of metallic colors as well, and then a lot people also use alcohol ink to color their resin! So I have been having a lot of fun (and making quite a mess) experimenting with all the different options! And after making 15-20 different pieces of resin jewelry, I wanted to try out some wire wrapping! People make it look easy, but my fingers do not agree! The first couple of attempts were a little frustrating and sloppy, but after practicing some I think I'm picking up on it a little more!

So the time I did these, I mostly stuck with powdered pigments. There were a couple pieces where I mixed two colors together before pouring them just to see the different shades I could make, but then I also wanted to try out how it would look to add a little drop of a second color after the main resin was poured.... My thinking was it would create a swirly or marbled affect. It kind of did that, but there were a couple pigments that when added in at the end and not completely stirred in kind of drifted and gathered in the middle of mold. It looks interesting, just not the effect I was going for. I also noticed that when I added a drop or two of the liquid color at the very end, it made it more likely for the resin to come out sticky instead of smooth and shiny. So I learned a decent amount from my first experiment, so the next day I was ready to make a whole lot more!!

I had three main molds I was using: one with geode shapes, the ones with the snakes, and this big one that is specifically for making jewelry! I loved seeing all the different colors, and I was definitely excited to start trying out wire wrapping with them! I started out with some 20 gauge copper wire, and a few days later ended up getting a variety of other kinds of wire to use as well! Like I said earlier though, the first pieces I tried wrapping didn't look very good.... they were chunky and awkward, but I will still be including those one in the pictures because I like seeing the progress!

I tried making each one a little different so that I could start practicing the many different ways to wrap the top loops as well as the various designs, which for now I'm only attempting the very beginner friendly designs!

The longer oval all the way on the right is one that I used a rose gold alcohol ink for.... It gave it a cool wispy look to it. The other two were powdered pigments, one was silk blue and the other a metallic silver.

Both of these ones had two colors mixed in! The one on the left was a copper and metallic wine red, and the one on the right was two different shades of blue.

I really like how the geodes and the rain drop looking pieces turned out!

The aqua colored geode one is probably one of my favorites!

Some of the other colors I used were a metallic antique gold powder, a shimmery darker brown powder, a metallic brown red powder, and a few other blue powders.

I definitely need to work on my picture taking skills.... It's hard to tell from the picture but the little one on the left is a little black oval that actually has a few subtle white swirls in it! And this smaller blue raindrop one is another one of my favorites!

Wire wrapping has definitely been a fun way to unwind at the end of the day... I'm super excited to keep practicing with this and seeing what else I can make!