Been having lots of fun with my new Aura. I love the look of ceramic tiles and decided to reproduce the look, based on watercolor paper and resin. I like the mottled look of the watercolor.
The design is actually a dingbat from the København/Pictos font (it’s the capital letter C). I converted it to outlines and blew it up to about 3 inches square. The ceramic part was made by watercolor painting a Canson Watercolor Artboard. After cutting out the pieces, each piece was domed with 2-part epoxy resin, then the puzzle pieces were glued into a thin (1/16”) black acrylic outline. I made a box out of Medium cherry ply on my Glowforge, but all the tile pieces were cut on the Aura.
I’ve tried UV resin, and while it looks great at first, it tends to delaminate over time depending on the substrate it’s coating. I’m never sure what treatment underneath is required to avoid that.
What lovely little boxes those made! Love the use of the different materials. For some reason I just never think about adding other materials to my projects. I really like that tiled look you achieved.
Has anybody tried the UV resins? They sound more convenient for small pieces.
That’s what I’ve been using - the grossly overpriced but convenient kit from Michaels. Soooper simple. Results are just ok, but could also be that I’m impatient and don’t mix the resin and colorant nearly as much as I should. But works for what I’m doing with it. ;-).
