Bespoke Dining Table - Epoxy Resin & Alcohol Ink
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- Опубліковано 10 гру 2022
- This is a video timelapse of my most recent project at Alchemy Artisan Works; a custom dining table for my clients. Some of the captions go by a bit quickly, I was trying to keep the length to a minimum, but you can always pause to read them. 😉
This project involved designing and building the table from scratch, fabricating a metal base, pouring an epoxy resin design layer, painting the surface of that with alcohol inks, pouring a final epoxy resin flood coat, applying a durable top coat to resist UV, scratches, chemicals and stains, and refinishing and reupholstering 8 dining chairs.
This project was a total adventure, and there were many firsts, fails, and re-tries along the way. I had no road map, no one to consult (and I did try to find others who’d done this before, but couldn’t) so I blazed my own trail.
It’s a bit lengthy, but I wanted to show my process from start to finish, including my challenges and fails. I think all too often, we only see the best clips of the best results which can leave you feeling like you don’t measure up when things don’t go perfectly, start to finish, every time. I can tell you my process was anything BUT perfect! At the end of the day, I persisted and achieved a result that not only pleased my client (she was over the moon), I loved it, too. And, let’s face it. As an artist, you wanna love your work, too!
Materials:
4’x8’ MDF (Home Depot)
Bondo (Home Depot)
StoneCoat Undercoat White - White Epoxy Undercoat - Epoxy Paint and Primer Mix for Coating MDF, Plywood, and Porous Materials! Great for DIY Countertop Epoxy Kits! 1 Quart, 32 Fl Oz (Stone Coat Countertops) a.co/d/eHBw7B5
PolyColor mica in Diamond Dust - Diamond Dust
Metallic Powder (PolyColor) - Mica Powder for Epoxy Resin Kits, Casting Resin, Tumblers, Jewelry, Dyes, and Arts and Crafts! Color Pigment Powder Creates Fast & Easy Metallic Effects! a.co/d/aWQ0tDL
ProMarine Supplies ProArt resin - promarinesupplies.com/proart-...
Art Resin - ArtResin - Epoxy Resin - Clear - Non-Toxic - 2 gal (1 gal Resin + 1 gal Hardener) (7.57 L) a.co/d/hNBLaXC
Meyspring mica pigments - www.meyspring.com
Just Resin pigment paste - justresin.shop/collections/pi...
White spray paint
91% ISO - Amazon Brand - Solimo 91%... www.amazon.com/dp/B07J49CD76?...
99% ISO (Ace Hardware)
Ranger alcohol inks - rangerink.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiA...
Ranger blending solution - Ranger Adirondack Alcohol... www.amazon.com/dp/B0013JLDGW?...
Piccassio alcohol ink - Alcohol Ink Set - 24 Highly... www.amazon.com/dp/B085WFSD3W?...
Jaquard Piñata ink
Jaquard Piñata Claro solution - Pinata Alcohol Ink Claro Extender... www.amazon.com/dp/B006LZNXVQ?...
Kamar Varnish - Krylon 1312 11 Oz Kamar? Varnish Spray by Krylon a.co/d/fn1JJrf
Blow brush (blower without the brush)
Heat gun
Torch
Ballistix Squire top coat - squeezeyourtrigger.com/produc...
Ballistix Counter Attack top coat - squeezeyourtrigger.com/produc...
Fine mist spray bottles
Preval sprayers - (Sherwin Williams)
Wooster Epoxy Glide rollers - Wooster Brush R232-9 Epoxy Glide... www.amazon.com/dp/B098QY1DZP?...
Foam Pro 3” rollers - FoamPRO 92 Roller, Refill & Tray Painting Supplies, 3" a.co/d/iC2CMr2
Heirloom Traditions (HTP) Paint All-in-one in Iron Gate - www.allinonepaint.com/iron-ga...
HTP Deglosser - www.allinonepaint.com/degloss...
HTP Syntec brush - www.allinonepaint.com/brushes...
Upholstery fabric (from Calico Corners)
Gold Lip Cord - doveoriginalstrims.com
Thanks to Richard Pearce of Kwidsin, LLC www.Kwidsin.com for his awesome design concept, creating a base that echoed the clients’s favorite dining chairs, so beautifully, and for constructing the table for me (as well as general assistance with my process, including talking me off the ledge every time I lost my $&@t 🤪)
Thanks to James Clark of NextGen Metalworks, LLC www.ngmetalworks.com for applying his excellent artistry in fabricating our table’s custom base, per our design. I highly recommend him!
I do not receive compensation or commissions for these links. Just sharing what I used and where I got mine.
I welcome your comments and/or questions.
You can see more of what I do at Alchemy Artisan Works, on IG, FB, and more right here: linktr.ee/AlchemyArtisanWorks
Thank you!
Beautiful job!!!!
Wow! Just Wow! The table is super gorgeous. I am sure your client absolutely loves her table and reupholstered chairs. ❤❤❤
you are a perfectionist and clearly passionate which is why the final result is world class :)
Your list of the emotions you went through is very relatable.
So inspirational ❤
Wow. As a mixed media artist that always hits a spot where I hate what I’ve done and am certain I can’t bring a piece back from ruin, this was amazingly validating. Highly creative and experimental or technical processes are difficult to predict and just take time and layers and perseverance. I do hope you made a small fortune on this. It’s beautiful and not something just anyone could do. (I say this because I struggle to price work that I’ve spent a gazillion hours on because part of me thinks I should be able to create something in this very efficient way, but it just doesn’t work like that..) You solved all kinds of problems with all your skill and knowledge. That seems very valuable to me aside from how beautiful and creative the end result is..
Absolutely love the interplay and flow of the colours.
Leaving a bespoke comment for your bespoke countertop. Enjoy this bespoke weather and have a bespoke day ❤
Oh my word! What a mammoth job and such a stunning end result!! 🤩Thank you for sharing this journey…..fascinating and well done! LOVE it 😍
So beautiful! I do similar projects, and I love to see other people go through whatever it takes to make it happen. Sometimes I end up making about 25 cents an hour but inks, alcohol, resin, temperature, and whatever other magic alchemy thrown in….who knows what will happen! Loved this video!
I think it was absolutely stunningly gorgeous! Second one was softer and also beautiful!
Beautiful piece! I’m getting ready to do my coffee table and side table with a similar process. Was helpful to see your process. Well done!!!
Stunning! You worked so hard and you deserve a standing ovation for your perseverance! Im loving this gorgeous technique, seeing it everywhere lately. Im about to spend a buttload of money on supplies to practice and produce something similar (I want more base showing, a little less ink) and it's been a pleasure to watch your process. Ill go SC all the way including the UTC. You nailed this look, congratulations!
So glad you posted this!
Can’t tell you how thankful I am to see this very real depiction of the artistic process, the adventure, the lessons, the experiments. How incredible. About the time I saw the tweed fabric for the chairs I was teary eyed and audibly went, “aaahhh”, the good kind of painfully pleasing wow that falls out when you’re amazed lol YOU ma’am are amazing! Thanks a million for taking the time to create this content and allowing us to ride the ups and downs with you. I’m about to try my hand at my very first little resin venture so I to watch someone scratch their piece and start again, and read your relatable process of “love it, hate it, it sucks, I suck, oh maybe not so bad, ok cool love it again” is so reassuring. It’s all part of the journey.
I appreciate the details and info that you share but please slow them down a bit. I often had read less than half and it disappeared. It was difficult to see what the text meant because the text was over top of the work. A very gorgeous and realistic look tho.
Gorgeous piece. Love it!
This piece is absolutely astonishing!!!!! It truly is beautiful. I use all Stonecoat products and the only issue I’ve ever had is when I first began using epoxy I under mixed it once and had some sticky spots.
Fantastic job. It looks amazing. Thank you for sharing your journey.
SOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL