Amazing Casting Products: Egyptian Jewelry

Friday, April 29

#Cre8time in a Bottle... AMAZING Inspiration from Myléne Hillam of Mill Lane Studio

Hello Amazing Crafters! Today is my last article as Featured Artist on the Amazing Casting Products blog. Over this past month I've been sharing some resin jewelry ideas with you – but today I'm stepping away from jewelry and I have created something that is a little bit more exotic.

The inspiration for this project comes from a gift my husband gave me many years ago - a beautiful Egyptian Perfume bottle. Its elegant shape and delicate 24K gold lattice embellishment make this a gift I treasure immensely.

A while back, this beautiful bottle was the inspiration for my line of Vessels and Vials – a collection of mini "Genie Bottle" pendants and earrings. Each one is a little masterpiece in its own right and whilst many of them went to new homes, I also created some to frame and hang on the wall in my studio!

Today's inspiration post takes me back full circle to the original Egyptian perfume bottle my husband gave me. Instead of creating pendant sized pieces, I'm recreating full-size perfume bottles in resin. My stash of jewelry findings provide everything else that I need to assemble them.

I was a bit nervous undertaking this project because I had no idea if I'd be able to remove my precious bottle from the Amazing Mold Putty once it had cured. But I took a deep breath and proceeded anyway!

To see how I created these fabulous faux bottles

please jump over to my blog HERE.

I hope this project inspires you to take a look at some of your collectibles and see what you have in your china cabinet that might be worthy of reproducing in resin.

Thanks for spending time with me this month as I shared my passion for resin with you – it's been a blast! ~ Myléne

For more inspiration, please stop by my blog (http://milllanestudio.blogspot.com),
visit my website (www.milllanestudio.com) for class information,
or join me on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/milllanestudio/).

For more jewelry ideas and inspiration, please check out my jewelry-making books: "Fabulous Jewelry from Findings" and "Stylish Leather Jewelry".

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Tuesday, June 9

A Beader's #Cre8time Delight... AMAZING Faux Egyptian Pendants by Tracy Alden

Hello! Tracy here with another Amazing Casting Products inspiration post! One of my favorite pastimes and inspirations is to go see beautiful examples of ancient jewelry. One of my favorite jewelry mediums is pieces made from Ancient Egyptian Faience.

Ancient Egyptian Faience is the world's oldest known form of glazed ceramic. Ancient Egyptian Faience is not made of clay at all, but a type of frit, a mixture of sand, quartz, silica, calcite lime and a mixture of alkalis. Often crafted into beads, pendants, figures, tiles and other small objects, using push molds or sculpted by hand, then heated to create lovely glazed pieces of art. To the ancient Egyptians, it was known was known as "tjehnet" which meant brilliant or dazzling.

This got me thinking about how I could make something that looked like Ancient Egyptian Faience but without the need of a kiln? This is where Amazing Casting Products helped me turn a normal clay piece into something more akin to the lovely ancient work. Using real Egyptian Faience as my model, such as those in the above photo, gave me a good idea of what colors I wanted to match.

I started with conditioned polymer clay, stamps and charms

that were Egyptian themed and pushed them into the clay.

After curing the polymer clay by manufacturer's instructions,

I rubbed on a water based glaze and added light layer of Alumidust.

I then mixed blue and green Alumilite Dyes with Amazing Clear Cast Resin and carefully applied it on top of the pieces. The light layer of Alumidust creates a lovely shimmer under the tinted resin, replicating the look of real Egyptian Faience.