Resin Art - Fuschia, Plum and white

Demonstration Only - Random pour
A new practice tile. Experimenting with different pigment pastes Mica and inks
Stay safe and take appropriate safety measures when working with resin and acrylic pigments and tints.

[@bethmaupin-bailey6915]

I like how the first one looks like a wave and the second one reminds me of flame. These are beautiful

[@crisscross104]

Thank you Beth. 🤗

[@AndrewLangAUST]

Love the bowls - extremely impressive

[@crisscross104]

He's not bad I think I will keep him. 😋

[@willowhouben3542]

Thank you so much for sharing. Beautiful job.

[@kittykatgaming8296]

And this by far my favorite color combo!

[@suzhaynes8232]

Beautiful colors and clear audio thank you for your time thoughts and techniques 😊

[@IAMGiftbearer]

Gorgeous! Especially the one that you dragged colors through each other. I can hardly wait to try resin!

[@lindalmiller429]

So glad you’re back!

[@crisscross104]

LOL Thanks Linda

[@terryalexander86]

You are very blessed!

[@kittykatgaming8296]

Wow, those bowls are stunning!

[@crisscross104]

He does some wonderful work.

[@hilloreeheselgrave8448]

Oooh,I really like #2! It has fabulous movement and lots of energy. Of course, I like both but, the second is my fav. 👌

[@crisscross104]

Its a toss up. I like bits of both of them. As pracrice tiles they do give me ideas for the full sized ones.

[@CarlMazur]

I just love everything about you and about your art! This is like so relaxing and so comforting. Your voice is very comforting as well. ❤️

[@crisscross104]

Thanks Carl 😊

[@PattysGarden]

I agree! In fact, I was going to post a comment - but you said it even better. :-)

[@CarlMazur]

It turned out so beautiful. It really did!! The resin art really intrigues me and that is my next adventure but I am not ready for yet. Thank you so much Chris!

[@crisscross104]

Pleasure Carl. Resin is will be like any new material you decide to play with. It behaves differently to paint and will have its own set of challenges to overcome.

[@mariakoutromanos8232]

Love the bowls wow

[@crisscross104]

He doesn't share them very often so he is thrilled with everyones comments. I luv them as well.

[@usherl250]

I think I'm quite happy with that too Chris, beautiful blend. 😜 I love those colors

[@crisscross104]

Thanks hon. Love the support 😄

[@suzanadancks]

Wonderful as always. Love your color palette. Just gorgeous 🤗🤗🤗

[@crisscross104]

Mutual appreciation from here as well. 🙏🏻

[@williamkimmel6487]

His wood work is gorgeous

[@moniquegalmiche7132]

Thank you Chris

[@gr8eft]

I love your work so much ! The effort you take to make sure that your colors shine ! Thank you for explaining in detail. Actually seeing the viscosity of your resin teaches me a lot more than numbers & percentages on a sheet of paper. Now I know I had been using the incorrect resin for what I wanted. So many details to absorb, it's nuts !!

[@crisscross104]

Thats exactly what I am trying to share. I personally like to choose resins based on properties and purpose. By all means use lower viscosity or thinner resins but understand they will move further and wider and adjust your designs accordingly.

[@agnesashford2074]

beautiful.

[@crisscross104]

🤗🌺🌺

[@AngelasMixedMediaArtist]

Beautiful love ❤️

[@chrisreynolds196]

I particularly like the right hand side where the fuschia, plum and black fold and interact with just a little of the raging raspberry. I like it better than the 2nd one. The bowls your husband made are gorgeous 😊

[@crisscross104]

Its interesting how all of us look at things differently. I think I instinctively overdid the raging raspberry because i adore the colour.

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Beautiful piece

[@crisscross104]

Thank you. 😊

[@jasonhallmark729]

I like this. Great swirls and I enjoy the colors. I would have likes to see something puncture that section of white in the middle. Maybe a couple thin lines of plum?

[@mariakoutromanos8232]

Thanks

[@missmolly8529]

Your work is amazing Chris ...and your husband's too. Thank you. Can we see the tile when it is hung/framed for display? : )

[@crisscross104]

Thank you. 😀 this was only a practice tile so it probably won's make the grade for a frame or hanging.

[@taffy-sophiashahbozian7327]

add some dark purple and orange .... it's lovely!

[@crisscross104]

Thks It goes with a lot of different colours.

[@MonicaHernandez-de2yh]

Beautiful, what do you do with your practice tiles ?

[@crisscross104]

Thanks Monica. With the tiles.... Some I keep, some go to a local group of mosaic artists and others become part of my garden. 😄

[@paulawall2448]

Very nice!

[@Margot4454]

very, very lovely ! It's been a pleasure to watch you doing this. I'm a bit confused about small cups - is this ink only cups, without any resin ?

[@crisscross104]

They are all resin mixes. Sometimes I use the same colours but different pigments. Like say white ink or paste They act a bit differently in your piece so I need to concentrate on which one I use so I use different types of cups to help me determin which one I am picking up

[@suzannewhite3331]

the work is wonderful. what heat setting are you using please ?

[@crisscross104]

I am only using the first heat setting. I like to be a bit gentle with my resin. 🤗

[@PattysGarden]

Absolutely look forward to your videos and your pours are among my favorite. I have a question for you: You said you have a balancing board you can adjust by turning the legs. Can you tell me what it is? Brand, where to get one, etc. I would appreciate it! Thank you so much for sharing your techniques and your art!!

[@crisscross104]

Hubby made them for me. Most hardware stores sell screw in adjustable feet for kitchen cupboards. So he installed three of them into a piece of chip board. Having them in a tripod formation is much easier to get a level.

[@PattysGarden]

I will have to have my hubby build one for me. I really like the idea, as I have a heck of a time getting items level sometimes and onesy, twosy trying to get each corner doesn't work well! Thank you so much!! You're awesome.

[@crisscross104]

You are so right. Tripods are the most effective way. I leave the single foot at the back, level it to one of the front pair and then level right to left with the second of the front pair. Keeping a good level is almost the most critical part of a resin pour. Else .....All you hard work just slides off and you could just cry.

[@crisscross104]

I forgot to mention that you will need to seal your chipboard or base so that it does not warp and make your life worse.

[@PattysGarden]

Sooooo many reasons besides your incredible talent and beautiful art that you are my favorite! Thank you, Chris.

[@sadrasmith6820]

Your husbsnd's wood turning is beautiful. The first bowl you showed was stunning, but seeing the coloured one was amazing - it looks like fine pottery. Does he sell his work?

[@crisscross104]

No he doesn't like me with my art.......he turns for pure pleasure and loves the whole process from collecting the wood and deciding what to make.

[@sadrasmith6820]

His work is every bit as beautiful and artistic as yours. Please tell him he has a fan

[@crisscross104]

He is chuffed by the comments 🤗

[@yayaglass]

First things first, your hub's wood turnings are gorgeous! Both are lovely, and I do love the color. The colors you used today are lovely, the plum added depth to the piece, very nice. I have a question about your tiles. They look matte; are they glazed, black tiles or did you paint them black? Thanks, Chris! Karen 🙋‍♀️🎨

[@crisscross104]

Thank you Karen. I use matt tiles they are wall tiles so they have a different coating to the bigger floor tiles.

[@debraryan5744]

Hi Chris, as always, your work is amazing👍. Can you please give the name of the pigments you are using in this video? I know you mention the brand but how do you spell it?

[@crisscross104]

They are an aussie brand ....Artisue creative. Sue the owner posted further down in the comments. They are lovely to work with. If you figure out the fushia... let me know LOL

[@angelaryan4008]

I'm just about to start out my resin art as a hobby and I have some questions as I watch your videos daily lol Do all surfaces need to be primed? How do you then display your artworks with the tiles? Have seen lots of feedback on doing resin on canvas, how do you stop it from warping the canvas and pooling in the centre. thanks heaps

[@crisscross104]

Hi there Angela. Resin needs to be poured on a non porous surface so anything you use needs to either be non porous or be sealed (primed with a non porous primer). The smaller tiles fit into standard photo frames without the cardboard backing. The larger tiles I custom frame. The canvases I use are for small pours so the sagging is minimal. I rarely do larger pieces on canvas prefering a more solid substrate like mdf, cradled birch or tiles. The canvases are good for small quick pieces and of course you could reinforce the back but by the time you do that you might as well have used a solid surface.

[@angelaryan4008]

@@crisscross104 thank you

[@crisscross104]

No probs. Have fun and stay safe.

[@PattysGarden]

Would you mind showing a photo of the leveler so I can get a better idea of how yours is constructed? Thank you, Chris!!

[@crisscross104]

Patty. I show it and how I use it at the beginning of the wavescape video.

[@PattysGarden]

Excellent! I'm going to be getting the materials to do this today. :-)

[@nataliemallozzi6482]

Oh I like the second one better. On the first one, the white was to much for me. I would of put another color in the middle of it. That's just me. Your work is beautiful.

[@crisscross104]

Thank you.

[@moniquegalmiche7132]

you are a good teacher... just a question : l am a beginner and l would know the difference between hot gun and a hairdryer ? thank you for reply

[@crisscross104]

The hairdryer is not as hot so it will move the resin in a different way. They each have a purpose depending on the look you are trying to achieve. Have a bit of a play with torch, heatgun and hairdryer to find the one best suited to your work.

[@kittykatgaming8296]

Hehehe... towards the end there it looks like you borrowed your gloves from Dexter! They look completely covered in blood from the weird color shift in the raspberry !

[@caroljohnson-rm1tj]

What black did you mix in the resin. I missed the first.

[@crisscross104]

The black is an ink fro Just Resin (Aussie co)

[@bushbosh]

The heat gun is so close, why it didn't burn the resin? It was like two seconds to my trial and it burnt the resin

[@crisscross104]

I have the heat gun on low and I keep moving it. I add the heat in small doses and let it cool inbetween. I also found different resins react differently with different tools and of course what you have added also contributes to the issue

[@mariakoutromanos8232]

I missed how you mixed your pigment with what to make it liquid . That plum worked out well i think

[@crisscross104]

I mixed the oigment powder straight into the clear resin, its very fine so it dispersed beautifully.

[@caroljohnson-rm1tj]

Did you send away for your colours

[@crisscross104]

Yes i do most of my buying online. I din't have any local art shops