[Kami]

I’ve not worked with resin before. I was hiking and I found a red-tailed hawk flight feather. I knew I could simply set it in a cup with my pencils as per the usual…but this time I wanted it to last and get a lot of love and views.

I sanitized the feather and cleaned it.

I want dangling feather earrings…as natural looking as possible. However, I want them protected somehow because they will fall apart if just naked feathers dangling.

I plan on buying ICE resin mix and dipping the feathers in it…and hang drying them. Maybe double coating it after
the first coat dries if needed.

Then I was going to take a dab of glue gun glue to the tops of the feather stalk to somehow secure them to a bead and earring hook. In such a way as the glue doesnt show (like a cap cover or big bead)

Mainly, I’m curious if the resin can work like that. This is my first resin project so I really dont know…was going to try it on a few trial feathers first.

Curious if anyone knew already what will happen?

Thanks!

[Katherine Swift]

Hi Kami,

Yes, it would work, but you won’t have a thick coat of resin over your feathers. If I were to do this, I would put the feathers onto wax paper and pool the resin over the feathers. It will spread a little. You may need to help it a little in order to get two shapes that match. Allow to cure, then peel off the wax paper. The way you want to hang them should work.

[Katherine Swift]

This is the concept for what I’m trying to describe: http://iloveresin.blogspot.com/2015/01/free-form-resin-shapes.html

[Erin]

I’m a little late to the party but in case you’re still undecided…
I haven’t tried casting feathers in resin yet, but I have been researching the idea and just ordered some feathers… One tutorial I saw, the person used caulk on wax paper. I am going to try tracing the feather onto the back of the wax paper, then make an outline in caulk, ensure a tight seal, then use that as my “mold”.
Whatever you try though, I would try on a junk feather before your nice one. 🙂

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