Art Box «Christmas Toys Made of Epoxy Resin» from the Art Studio «Artpainting»

An art box is a gift package containing all the necessary materials and tools for creating one or two paintings on your own at home. The set is completely ready to use, can be used as a gift.

Epoxy resin. What is it?

Epoxy compounds are usually dealt with, making minor repairs to plastic and metal surfaces. The liquid composition, initially divided into two fractions, is able to persist for a long time, and when interacting, it quickly passes from the liquid to the solid phase. Hardened surfaces lend themselves well to mechanical processing - cutting, drilling, grinding, but at the same time they firmly retain the given shape. Known to the layman, "epoxy" is used when the lost fragments need to be given significant strength and rigidity (including body work during car repairs).

The artistic use of epoxy compositions is dictated by the same property - after curing, polymer resins retain their original shape and surface quality, and paints added to a transparent base do not fade and do not lose their brightness over time. An excellent property of the material is curing without significant shrinkage, since drying does not occur as a result of evaporation of part of the composition (as is the case with varnishes), but solely due to a chemical reaction between the components. Therefore, the work retains its original volume, and when the requirements of technology are met, it retains the form first given by the master.

Not every epoxy resin is suitable for creating paintings. You will need two-component materials purposefully created for creative artistic activity. Special resin for Resin Art thickens as a result of mixing with a hardener, which gives optimal viscosity, prevents the original created picture from spreading, and does not form whitish stripes when dried.

Both components are mixed in plastic cups, preferably after dyeing. In small containers, there is less possibility of resin boiling, saturating it with air bubbles, which affects the final quality of work. Special dyes are added following the specified proportion instructions (otherwise the composition will harden poorly). Additionally, pigment powders (silver, bronze, gold), phosphors (glow in the dark) and glitters (glitters of different sizes and shapes) are used. Swarovski crystals and other decorative finishing elements are firmly fixed and held on thick resin.