Reply To: Using Blender to bring some of my crazy ideas to life….
Tonight I poured the first layer of resin. After messing around trying to suspend the fish in mid-air with string and fishing line , I settled on a much simpler , more efficient solution. Sometimes the simple ways are the best!
Anyway , after mixing 750ml of blue tinted resin , I poured it and it looked great. I’ve just checked on it and it is setting nicely although there are a lot of annoying bubbles in some places around the edge of the mold and on the fish that weren’t there when I left it. Although this is frustrating , i am not hugely bothered as this first one is merely a prototype lamp that I won’t be selling. All the trials and errors , and learning from this one will be used to create a batch of sellable ones over the summer.
So assuming the resin cures as planned , I will remove the clamps on Sunday and pour the second layer to seal in the fish. All going well, de-molding will take place on Wednesday and next weekend I can start assembly of the full lamp 🙂
