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The Zenith project is the cumulative project of our time at Freestyle, where we get to pick a project related to our elective class and spend two months working on it. I thought this was a great opportunity to try something new, and the thing that caught my interest was resin art. I had seen people doing it on Pinterest and thought it was really cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My brainstorm sketches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The resin I used<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Moodboard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Working with resin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I began my process by sketching everything that I wanted to try out with this new medium, taking inspiration from different methods that I researched. Then I began to design each resin project\u2019s layout using the materials I gathered from my yard, craft cabinet, and what figurines I was able to 3D print and paint. The 3D printed miniatures were really fun to do and really expanded what I was able to do with resin, but they did tend to float in the resin, so I had to be creative in how I would weigh them down or hold them in place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The whole process required a lot of planning, so that I would be prepared once I mixed the resin. Epoxy resin comes in two parts\u2014the resin and the hardener\u2014which you mix together in a 1:1 ratio. Once mixed, you have about 45 minutes of time to work with the resin before it starts to harden. It then takes 24-72 hours to fully cure. It\u2019s not a project you can pause in the middle. I would figure out what my project would look like before I started, and collect all the materials I would need so that once I put on my gloves and mixed the resin, I had everything on hand. Sometimes I would still have to have my mom bring me something that I forgot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Different angles of my layer art to show the layers I painted<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Reflection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n