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Faux Resin Necklace
Design by Margot Potter
Washers and glass glitter are embedded in faux resin to create a compelling focal pendant. Jump rings encrusted with varied sizes and colors of washers connect the elements. An inked and distressed vintage zipper pull I found at a local estate sale gives the design a decidedly vintage appeal.
Materials
- Mini washers
- Bronze bezels: rectangle, tiny round
- Vintage zipper pull or other found object
- Jump rings: 2 (8mm) gold-plated, 3 (7.25mm) bronze
- 2 bronze clasp hooks
- 15 3/4 inches brass cable chain
- Black archival ink pad
- Light green acrylic paint dabber
- Gold metallic ink
- Foam applicator tool
- Round-nose pliers
- 2 pairs of chain-nose pliers
- Wire cutters
- Clear dimensional glaze medium or ICE Resin kit
Finished Size
17 1/2 inches (including clasp), with a 4-inch droplet
Project note: Clear dimensional glaze medium may react with the coating on the brass washers and turn green. If you want a clear appearance, use ICE Resin instead.
Instructions
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Fill both bezels almost to the top with mini washers. |
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Slowly add glaze medium into bezels taking time to drag bubbles out and make sure all spaces in washers are filled. Let dry. Note: Once dry, fill in indented areas with glaze medium and let dry. |
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Distress zipper pull as desired with paint and inks. Note: Use foam applicator to apply inks. |
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Open an 8mm jump ring and fill it halfway full with mini washers; slide both bezels onto ring sliding them on opposite sides of ring. Slide more washers on each side, leaving enough room to close ring with pliers. Close ring. |
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Attach another jump ring filled with washers onto bottom of rectangle bezel; slide zipper pull onto ring before adding more washers. Close ring. |
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Attach a 6mm jump ring to opposite end of round bezel. Slide jump ring onto center of chain. |
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Open a 6mm jump ring; slide clasp hook onto ring. Slide ring onto end link of chain before closing. Repeat to attach other clasp hook to end of other chain. |
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Sources: Mini washers, bezels, chain, clasp hook, bronze jump rings and ICE Resin kit from Objects and Elements; gold-plated jump rings from Beadalon; inks and foam applicator tool from Ranger Industries Inc.; clear dimensional glaze medium from JudKins Inc.
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