I’ve been playing with epoxy resin, experimenting with moulds, textures and effects. Much as I’ve enjoyed mixing colours in it, crystal clear resin has inspired my latest picture.
‘Rainy Day Dash’ is a 3D paper collage with wet weather effects.
- Gloss paint is used on the umbrellas for a wet look.
- At the front, two layers of people are adhered to clear acrylic strips and placed over mirror paper so their reflections simulate walking on a wet path.
- A thin wavy textured layer of resin was created and used to line the street to look like water.
- Tiny resin raindrops were applied to the inside of the frame glass within the mat.
Click the photos below to see the stages of its creation.
Creating the paper street 
Colouring reflections 
Laying textured resin film 
Adding people 
2 layers of walkers on mirror 
Creating raindrops
While each stage looked promising enough for me to continue, when the whole piece came together I was a little disappointed and think that I tried to do too much – it’s a bit ‘messy’ (in my opinion). Usually I photograph the final work without glass to avoid reflection issues, which I’ve done for this last image , but obviously the glass in this piece forms a crucial part of it, so the final feature photo at the top doesn’t really do it justice.
Wow, your work is so beautifully detailed! And I’ll never understand where you get all these creative ideas…amazing.