Watercolor Wildflowers Resin Artist
Free Monthly Planetary Night Lights
I have been developing the best way to create these Planetary Night Lights, so I have some extras available. The night lights are good, just not as refined as I’d like. It’s worth noting that working with resin is a messy process. It’s so messy that resin work can only be done in a studio with rough floors, tools, and plenty of supplies.
Here’s the deal: Some friends, acquaintances, and a few others have received two emails from me. I used that work to delete the emails that didn’t go through, and two people who wanted to unsubscribe. If you want to unsubscribe, please look for the Unsubscribe button at the bottom of this email. If you’d like to subscribe officially (and enter the drawing), then please visit my website https://watercolorwildflowers.com and scroll down to the Newsletter contact form at the bottom of any page. At the end of every month, I will pick someone who signed up using the form to win a free Planetary Night Light. March’s winner is Mimi True of Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture.
Video of the Planetary Nightlights.
Why Art?
Your home is a canvas for your individuality, and it should showcase your unique style and personality. With Watercolor Wildflowers home essentials and decor, you can craft a living space that truly feels like your own. From handmade card tables to curious decorative accents, I can offer some art pieces to transform your house into a space you love. Illuminated wall hangings, window sun catchers, lighthouse lamps are some you may like.
What is a Tessellation?
Mirrored Equilateral Triangles
If you start with a “grid” of 60° triangles and mirror the contents to the adjacent 60° triangle and repeat that to the edge of your paper, then you have just made a tessellation.
Epoxy Resin and Brass Rods
Crafted from resilient thick epoxy, this 3/8″ thick slab is an example of my work. This is the first time I have used brass rods to separate the puddles of color. Previously I have used clear silicone caulk to blend in rather than outline the colors. This looks like stained glass but it is more durable. I’m working on a similar piece but with copper tubing which is a little easier to bend and doesn’t weigh as much as brass.
Hot Air Baloons
I like the design but the craft could use some improvement which I’m taking care in the current piece. It will be copper with white and gold baloons surrounded by a brass frame.
Transparent Resin Lighthouse Lamp
My personal favorite is this transparent resin lighthouse with spriral staircase. This is my original design and creation from plans and testing and molding and pouring and cutting and welding.
The roof is 18 little triangles made from black and then white epoxy resin. Its actually a trick to get a cone shape. I thought it would peak easily but it wanted to flatten out.
The spiral stairs are made from brass welded with a soldering iron. Its more of an artistic staircase than a functional climbing spiral into the lantern room.
A blue-green LED bulb shines bright from behind patterned resin cylinder sitting centered in the widow’s walk. Aptly named for the women who paced, hoping not to lose their sailor husbands at sea.
The widows walk is painted like a map legend for best visibility. With some ingenuity a sailor could guess the ships direction and distance from the lighthouse.
The base is a heavy hexagon shaped ring that holds the electrical connections and power the invisible cord through the brass tube in the center of the spiral staircase. The tube pops through the floor in the lantern room holding the LED bulb.
I’m a resin art studio in Omaha on Leavenworth Street and 50th Ave. I’m living my retirement dream of building art. I love trying new things so supplies are funded by my part-time job at CNC Surveying just a block from my studio. Please drop by, I’m only 5 minutes away, home or work.
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