Create Your Own Jewelry with The Art of Resin Jewelry

Create Your Own Jewelry with The Art of Resin Jewelry

Sherri Haab is a best selling craft author with over 20 published books to her credit, with several selling over a million copies each. Award winning titles such as: The Art of Resin Jewelry and Designer Style Jewelry (Watson Guptill). Publishing honoraries include Craftrend’s 2006 & 2007 Best General Craft Book Award, Publisher's Weekly Cuffie Award, and Oppenheim's Toy Portfolio Gold Award. She has recently released a how-to DVD about Resin Jewelry. Television appearances include: The Carol Duvall Show (HGTV), Jewelry Making (DIY), Good Things Utah (ABC) and Beads, Baubles and Jewels (PBS).

Sherri leads numerous jewelry making workshops nationwide and has been a pioneer in the industry since 1996. She is known for tracking trends and then educating consumers about how to use new products and techniques. Sherri prominently features Smooth-On products in her books and workshops including Oomoo® 30 silicone molding rubber, Equinox® 40 silicone putty, Smooth-Cast® 300 & 325 casting resins and a variety of So-Strong® Urethane pigments and Cast Magic® powders.

To learn more about Sherri Haab visit her website at http://www.sherrihaab.com/

(Pictures and information printed with the express permission of Sherri Haab)

1 - Clay is used to create the shape for the bead.	2 - Clay shapes are arranged and glued to the bottom of a container.	3 - Oomoo® 30 silicone mold rubber is mixed and poured into container.
4 - Once the Oomoo® 30 has cured it is removed from the container. Then clay shapes are removed from the mold.	5 - Smooth-Cast® 325 plus So-Strong® Red is mix and placed into a small squirt bottle. Resin is then put into the mold cavities.	6 - When cured, the Smooth-Cast® 325 beads are removed from the Oomoo® 30 mold.
7 - The beads are sanded and strung to create these original bracelets.