I do videos as a reminder to myself, but info might be of use to others too. Did this one a few minutes ago. Often I hop from one thing to another so fast that I can't remember how I did something. Usually I can figure it out if a simple technique was used, but when I use many products, have many layers, I forget. There are many such examples around my studio that I would love to try and recreate, but have forgotten what I did. Sound familiar? Anyway, I love this veneer and definitely want to do it again, maybe altering some things, so this video will help me, hope you get some value from it as well:
Here are some other shots of the veneer, including one that shows how translucent it is.
I have one little issue and may have to experiment. If I flip veneer over when applying it to base (bead or whatever), colors would be protected, and then I could sand and polish to get a nice sheen, however, wondering whether the last layers (white) would not show up at all. So I will have to try it. more on the results later.
Here are some quick, unedited videos of the results of my experiments so far using these products:
Golden Special Iridescent Acrylics - Pearl Mica Flake
Golden Heavy Body Artist Acrylics - Iridescent Gold Mica Flake (Large)
Black Mica Flake small
Here are unedited (sorry), videos showing some experiments using these products.
They are rather pricey and I am pretty sure you canake your own cheaper, just use a gel medium, and add Mica Flakes (which i have seen on Etsy for about $3.00 and glitter.
I have admired a beaded necklace for some time and decided I would try to use it as inspiration for a polymer clay version. This is my first attempt, I have a few things I might do differently if I attempt to do this again. I really love the colors.
Good thing I have a sense of humor, because I should not be proud of such a mess, but it does make me giggle when I look at it, also, "maybe" I can get some of it cleaned up, well maybe?
