What Can You Do With Resin?
Resin is such versatile material that seemingly came out of nowhere in the last few years in crafting and home renovations. That might make it seem as if it’s either too trendy or too intimidating to jump into if you are curious about it or its uses. Whether you’ve been looking into resin for your home crafts or your home builds, it is certainly a great potential substance for you to experiment or work with.
One of the most common uses for resin for arts and hobbies is resin casting. Fine art toy makers like Ressin Blood, Suck Lord, Draculazer, and Resinagem all utilize the material to make sought-after collectible toys and figures of toys they wished existed before, as well as new ones based on other aspects of their art personas. Others, like Mike Egan, Alex Gartelmann, and Jason Alexander Byers use it to make works in their gallery art practices, which can then be painted or combined with other mediums in sculpture and installation arts. Anyone can use resin casting from silicone molds. Whether you use homemade or purchased molds, resin allows for a high amount of detail and durability.
On the more practical end, similar techniques can be used for decorative ornaments and common household objects like coasters, ashtrays, and cutting boards. These can include additions to other objects, like adding a layer to a serving tray or cutting board or repairing techniques to broken items such as replacing a missing handle on a utensil. This can be done straightforwardly as a simple fill or more decoratively by adding pigments, glitters, and other materials such as flowers, insects, or existing items (bones, stones, papers, etc.).
Beyond smaller items, there is a myriad of larger home renovation and furniture uses for resins. This can range from coffee tables entirely made of resin components to simpler makes using resin just for tabletops, counters, and coffee/bar carts. These can be made with just a top coat of resin poured onto an existing surface for the resin to adhere to, giving it a nice, smooth finish that holds up better for an eating or drinking surface.
Aside from furniture, resins can be used for more permanent workings, like flooring. Resin floors have popped up as a great way to accent your spaces and make them pop. However, creating a resin floor can get more complicated than smaller projects or jobs, and you may find it a bit daunting. If that is the case, you can always hire a professional to make sure that it’s done well and done right, just the way you envision your spaces to be.
These resin floors are a great way to add a pop of color or design to a space without overhauling everything else and can add a new and durable life to your basements, kitchens, patios, or garages. With so much variety to resins uses, you’re sure to find a use for it going forward in your arts, crafts, or home and business needs.
