These artificial moss pebbles are made from polystyrene and available from sellers on eBay
These Kodama Tree Spirit figures are also available from sellers on eBay
Use 5 minute clear epoxy adhesive to attach the figures to the pebbles
One part of the epoxy is yellow but it cures clear
Did you hear about the shy pebble?
It wished it could be a little boulder XD
What do you call a pebble that never goes to school?
A skipping stone :/
These pebble jokes were probably funnier during the stone age
Notice how my finger nails have grown 2mm in 10 seconds...
That takes years of practice ;)
Draw a template the same size as your cube mould and organise your diorama
These berry picks were left over from my Christmas video, which 100 people a day are watching in July!
I guess some of you are starting your Christmas crafts early this year :)
The dandelion is cut fresh and a bamboo skewer is inserted into the stem. I put it in a warm place to dry out.
This is actually the second dandelion I attempted to put in resin...
The first accidentally got its head blown off
I shall begin with a very shallow pour of art resin to secure the pieces down in the mould, otherwise they will just float
About 15g will be enough. Art resin will cure much faster than casting resin at such a shallow depth.
DecorRom forget me knot blue is my favourite colour, link in the description
Add one drop at a time to achieve the desired colour
Pour enough resin to cover the base of the mould to a depth of at least 2mm. Any less and the resin will form beads and create gaps.
Get ready...
Gently place your pieces onto the resin
Someone keeps sending me flowers with the blooms cut off...
I think I'm being stalked XD
I used a cocktail stick to help lower the dandelion into place without disturbing it
For the main pour I'm using deep pour casting resin from resin8, which is non-toxic and VOC-free
This resin will not overheat in a deep mould like art resin would, but it does take about 3 days to fully cure
To calculate the amount of resin needed for a cube, work out the volume in cubic cm and that's how much resin you need in grams
So a 6.5x6.5x6.5cm cube will need 275g of resin, which I mixed in 2 pots
Add a few drops of Brea Reese Liquid Glitter if you can find any. It sold out everywhere after I mentioned it in my last video.
Pour the resin into the mould very, VERY slowly. This pour took 6 minutes in total.
If you pour too fast some or all of the dandelion seeds will become detached
Kill the bubbles!
3 days later and the resin is cured
The surface of the resin is concave after shrinking during the cure. You have two choices to deal with this...
You can either dome the surface with a final layer of art resin, or you can sand and polish it smooth
Work through different grades of wet sandpaper, 600G through 1500G, then switch to Zona polishing papers
Link to Zona paper in the description
Finished!
Thanks for watching!
[Alexa] The dandelion may have been from your garden but the tree spirits were definitely not