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- Best Resin For Geode Art - Mas Epoxy Table Top Pro
- Wooden Canvas square, rectangle, circle
- Gloves
- 3M mask with replaceable filters for your protection.
- Thick transparent plastic drop cloth
- Baby wipes and isopropyl alcohol for cleaning
- Torch / little kitchen brander
- One big plastic measure cup to mix (500ml and 250ml),
- Set of small paper cups max 100ml (max 4oz)
- Tape to protect the sides ( according to the thickness of your canvas- frog tape is best
- Mixing sticks, One bigger to mix resin and a pack of smaller wooden or plastic sticks to measure the colors in the cups
- Pigment paste of the color that you chose for the project
- Metallic floating gold powder pigment from Meyspring (or other) - I love the one that Colorberry is offering but any resin brand is have one.
- Gesso and brush to paint the canvas ( can be any brand )
- white/silver and or gold silver - in two thicknesses fine and chunky to mix together for better look, glitter set, iridescent glitters, glitter fine & chunky, metallic set - druzy Goddess glitter if still available
- Druzy Goddess White Ambrosia and other color matching your crystals for nicer blend ( violetviewart.com)
- Crystals of your choice for the project - small points, chips, pocket size rocks are the easiest one to work with
- Hot glue pistol and the sticks
- Shimmer / pearl powder like carat shimmer or carat pearl from Colorberry. It will give the sparkle to any alcohol ink or pigment paste. Meyspring dazzling diamond is also great
- Small syringe to apply your glitter mixture
- Metallic pens if you want to add metallic lines too
- Final sealing varnish that is not water based for finishing the edges of druzy/glass. (mixed with metallic floating pigment)
- Carat collection box or Meyspring pigments in small sachets to have multiple color options without buying big jars of each color.
- Alcohol ink of the color that you chose for the project that is matching the color of crystals- you can get colored glass or little crushed glass if available instead.
- White posca pens - for the beginner projects size 1m,3m and 5m are enough, in case you want create with black too, here is a good set