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Enjoyed watching you create the face in your last video and loved part 2. "Louise Get's Mechanical!" 😁😁Great work with a little improvisation. Love your beautiful clock! We're smiling too!
Thank you! 💙🧡it’s going back for resin today with a few others to be fully finished. This video was intended to show the major component processes, resining and painting the back is just a finish up.
@@user-uj9cy2wj1j thank you 😊 V, I wish I could remember what was so smart in here, I’m glad you think so lol😂 I have an entire Clock playlist or an NCD playlist if you want to take a look at more creations in this size and style.
Hi Louise. I just want to say thank you for this video. Watching it I made sure I put my numbers on before I resined it. Also before I resined it I put a black dot in center so I would know where to drill. I also made a small hole through the center and taped the backside so the resin would not leak through. The biggest help was using small drill bits and working my way up the correct size. Mine was a 12 inch round canvas. The drill did not tear the canvas, but I tell you, I was petrified each time I graduated to a larger bit. My clock for a dear friend came out amazing. Many thanks to you. I wish I could send you a picture.
Awe thank you so much 😘Nancy, I really appreciate that you took the time to leave a comment and mostly I was helpful in your creation. Sometimes just one little tip makes a big difference in what we create.
This is way cool Louise...great job! I bought the same mechanism's from Hobby Lobby and Amazon LOLOL...when I did mine...just so you know it's a year later and still ticking! Can't remember which I used...I still have the rest in my stash waiting for another day! You're awesome!
Holy cats billsherenc, wow, that’s a commitment of your time and effort, I sure am appreciative and hope you’ve gotten some good stuff from what I’ve shown in the videos. As you probably noticed, I jumped around a lot at first and now I’ve been in the bloom recipe groove finding functional art projects. Wow, blown away, thanks again!🧡💙
I also found a great place to order clock hands on Etsy where you get to pick the length of the hands. A real bargain. I bought 13 items from SchlabaughandSons. The hands are 75cents per package.
Great tip! Thanks!!! Aren’t the ‘stems’ sometimes different sizes, meaning not all clock hands would fit each stem? I just took a peek at their site and it looks like the holes for their clock hands are possibly made for the mechanisms the sell?? I learned when looking around at all stem holes are not the same dimensions. So it’s something to be careful of if you just order and cans for a current mechanism you might have.
Louise, that looks great. On my albums, I use the peel & stick numbers & then resin over the top of them. Maybe that would be easier. Just a suggestion. I have not had any issues that way. Might save you a step
Thank you Lorna💙🧡, make sure your paints are thick enough-I would say you should be looking for 2-3 second trace when poured off the stick into your paint container. Your cell activator should also start to get a halo around it when you first lay it on top of your paint, but it shouldn’t halo so fast that it start sinking before you blow.
@@LouiseMcKayArt thanks for all your help. I've bought a new paint today for my pillow, after advice from the SA Facebook group so I'm hoping for a change. I've got everything ready for tomorrow 🤞🤞🤞🤞
Thanks Karen, I don’t really have the problem anymore because I don’t put numbers on the clocks anymore, but I’ll keep it in mind for the future future
Thank you, Jan, I actually have a video on that as well. If you’re resin is separating or leaving divots, that might mean you have oil residue from your hands left on the surface. you need to clean what you’re going to pour on with a paper towel with alcohol spritz on it and then wipe it on what you’re going to pour on to clean off any dirt or oils from your hands that may cause the resin to repel. But here is the link to how I apply the resin to my CDs. ua-cam.com/video/ycuNkYDCSGw/v-deo.htmlsi=9in5w_NVG9sqhepF
Louise, many thanks for this great video! Could you tell us how you closed the hole on the CD... was it closed with the pillow paint or did you use some other product?
@@LouiseMcKayArt Thanks Louise, my apologies for asking the question incorrectly... my question is: how do you FILL the hole on the CD? Is it filled with Pillow paint or some other product?
So once I tape the back, I just paint as normal and the pillow and colors will just fill in the hole. Then once everything is dry cured in Resined, then you just drill through the hole with I think it was a 3/8” drill bit and then remove the tape. It’s really quite easy but the paint just fills in by itself when you’re painting.
@@LouiseMcKayArt Thanks Louise, so I'm assuming that once the paint is cured and resined it will become hard enough to withstand the drilling and holding the clock mechanism!
@@katesmith8014 hi Kate, I’m frequently asked questions about pricing and I can’t answer what I sell my creations for because it’s based on this market here in Asheville, NC, cost of my materials, the quality of my pieces, my time and what it’s worth to me to move pieces so I can create more. You have to find out your price point in your area given these considerations. Hope that helps, but I really can’t tell you what to price your pieces at. That’s really your call.
@@LouiseMcKayArt You are right. The market sets the price. Thanks for your answer though. I am just starting out, so I have plenty to learn. I have watched hundreds of videos from various artists and I have settled on exclusively following you. I especially love when you transfer your blooms to wood. My husband picks up old stumps from a swamp here in Florida and he has been carving them out to make planters. You should have seen his eyes when he saw your work. Now, we are both eagerly watching your videos for instruction. I love your coasters. Your bloom technique is absolutely beautiful. Looking to more of your videos.
@@katesmith8014 thank you so much, Kate, and I’m glad you’ve wrangled your husband into this as well😅 although it sounds like he’s got his own thing going with carving which is really a unique form. I would’ve had another fusion out already. However, my concept for the fusion didn’t work out and I had to go back and regroup so I made a bunch of pain skins I can’t use🥲 in that piece, however I might be able to use it for something else. In the meantime, I’ve made new skins and now I have to let them dry…… But I have two fusions in the process right now. I’m glad that you and your husband are enjoying the videos, I will have another one coming out today and it’s a lazy Susan creation, these are quite popular at least here in Asheville if you’re in a place where these kind of things sell, lazy Susans are a great Thing to learn!
Yes Nancy, regular drill bits. Not sure about canvas, I think the drill bit would eat the canvas. Maybe record or MDF round I’d wait at least 10 days then resin
Thank you for your answers. Unfortunately I have the clock to be, already painted. And I even painted the numbers before I resined it. Haha. But I will try and figure something out. I did put a tiny hole in the center and then tapped the other side so paint would not drip through. It's a 12 inch round Thank you again. I will keep you posted
Getting the numbers in the right spot first try is trickier than it looks, at least for me. This way, at least I have assurance of a do over if it doesn’t work out right.
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Enjoyed watching you create the face in your last video and loved part 2. "Louise Get's Mechanical!" 😁😁Great work with a little improvisation. Love your beautiful clock! We're smiling too!
Thanks Dave and Cathy, 💙🧡yeah getting my drill bits and mechanical goin’! What’s a girl to do? 😀
Thank you for the process video. This is really nice! Off to try my hand at clock making. Share this video guys! Let's help Louise grow her channel!
Thank you so much Laurie for your support!😘💙🧡
That’s pretty cool. I’d love to see it when it’s been painted on the back and resined again. Well done!
Thank you! 💙🧡it’s going back for resin today with a few others to be fully finished. This video was intended to show the major component processes, resining and painting the back is just a finish up.
Cute clock. I have seen them done on old records too. Love from NB Canada!
Thank you so much, Brenda, my friend from New Brunswick Canada🇨🇦🇨🇦 I appreciate you being here and leaving your thoughts.
You are so frigging smart Louise. Your a great instructor. The colors on your cd are fabulous! 🎉💐💯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 My lefty friend. I affordable.
@@user-uj9cy2wj1j thank you 😊 V, I wish I could remember what was so smart in here, I’m glad you think so lol😂 I have an entire Clock playlist or an NCD playlist if you want to take a look at more creations in this size and style.
@@LouiseMcKayArt I was talking about how you figured out how to align the numbers. 😂😘💐🥳💯
@@user-uj9cy2wj1j the Internet has all kind of information that is actually useful.😅
Hi Louise.
I just want to say thank you for this video.
Watching it I made sure I put my numbers on before I resined it.
Also before I resined it I put a black dot in center so I would know where to drill. I also made a small hole through the center and taped the backside so the resin would not leak through.
The biggest help was using small drill bits and working my way up the correct size.
Mine was a 12 inch round canvas. The drill did not tear the canvas, but I tell you, I was petrified each time I graduated to a larger bit.
My clock for a dear friend came out amazing. Many thanks to you.
I wish I could send you a picture.
Awe thank you so much 😘Nancy, I really appreciate that you took the time to leave a comment and mostly I was helpful in your creation. Sometimes just one little tip makes a big difference in what we create.
You have perfected the craft!
🧡🧡🧡🧡😘
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing your great idea.
Thank YOU, 💙🧡it fun and not too hard!
Woooooooooow ❤️
Thanks my friend ❤️
Thank you Hala💙💙
@@LouiseMcKayArt 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞 Happy New Yar my friend 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🥳💐
@@Hala_Elsherbiny happy new year to you too! ‘23 will be a great year!
This was a great tutorial and your clock is so pretty. Thanks so much.
You’re so welcome Lynne, 💙🧡glad you enjoyed!
Great tutorial! Thank you so much! Your work is beautiful ❤
Thank you so much Renee, I really appreciate that!💛💙
Thank you so much for a wonderful tutorial, I am so excited to try this.
You’re welcome Jan💙🧡. I think this is the beginning of some neat stuff in the future! Share with your friends!
creative, innovative and very beautiful friends
Thank you 💙🧡, hope all is well my friend for the new year!
same prayer for you my friend
This is way cool Louise...great job! I bought the same mechanism's from Hobby Lobby and Amazon LOLOL...when I did mine...just so you know it's a year later and still ticking! Can't remember which I used...I still have the rest in my stash waiting for another day! You're awesome!
You’re awesome Donna, thank you💙💙great minds tick alike I always say LOL!
Thank you for sharing, I love it I jumped ahead, starting from your first video to the current one, you are an amazing artist!
Holy cats billsherenc, wow, that’s a commitment of your time and effort, I sure am appreciative and hope you’ve gotten some good stuff from what I’ve shown in the videos. As you probably noticed, I jumped around a lot at first and now I’ve been in the bloom recipe groove finding functional art projects. Wow, blown away, thanks again!🧡💙
I also found a great place to order clock hands on Etsy where you get to pick the length of the hands. A real bargain. I bought
13 items from SchlabaughandSons. The hands are 75cents per package.
Great tip! Thanks!!! Aren’t the ‘stems’ sometimes different sizes, meaning not all clock hands would fit each stem? I just took a peek at their site and it looks like the holes for their clock hands are possibly made for the mechanisms the sell?? I learned when looking around at all stem holes are not the same dimensions. So it’s something to be careful of if you just order and cans for a current mechanism you might have.
It came out 👍 great!!!!!
Oh, thanks Betty, 💙💕coming from you and your mechanical side, that means a lot!
Such a beauty Louise ❤❤❤
Thank you Meg💙🧡
Great tutorial, thank you!
Thank you Carol, glad you enjoyed!💙🧡
That was awesome!!!!
Thanks Heather, 😘I have a ton of clock creations you can check out too!!
Louise, that looks great. On my albums, I use the peel & stick numbers & then resin over the top of them. Maybe that would be easier. Just a suggestion. I have not had any issues that way. Might save you a step
Thank you Anita, 🧡💙love the idea of peel and stick. That’s a great idea!!!
That looks amazing. If ever I manage to hold on to some cells (mine melt in minutes!), I'd love to do one...beautiful job & great explanation.
Thank you Lorna💙🧡, make sure your paints are thick enough-I would say you should be looking for 2-3 second trace when poured off the stick into your paint container. Your cell activator should also start to get a halo around it when you first lay it on top of your paint, but it shouldn’t halo so fast that it start sinking before you blow.
@@LouiseMcKayArt thanks for all your help. I've bought a new paint today for my pillow, after advice from the SA Facebook group so I'm hoping for a change. I've got everything ready for tomorrow 🤞🤞🤞🤞
@@lornapayne2805 good luck, the Multi-pro works like a champ for me every time and it’s affordable!
I never use a drill. I use one blade of my scissors and just go round and round a few times to make the hole as large as I need. Pretty clocks though!
Thank you! 💙🧡Great, whatever works! For me the drill bit is quick and done.
Maybe you could spray it with Kamar ? Kamar is what you out on alcohol ink paintings so they are permanent but I don't know how it works over resin.
Thanks Karen, I don’t really have the problem anymore because I don’t put numbers on the clocks anymore, but I’ll keep it in mind for the future future
Love it but my question is how did you resin it? I tried with resin pour and some separated in spots any sugestions?
Thank you, Jan, I actually have a video on that as well. If you’re resin is separating or leaving divots, that might mean you have oil residue from your hands left on the surface. you need to clean what you’re going to pour on with a paper towel with alcohol spritz on it and then wipe it on what you’re going to pour on to clean off any dirt or oils from your hands that may cause the resin to repel. But here is the link to how I apply the resin to my CDs. ua-cam.com/video/ycuNkYDCSGw/v-deo.htmlsi=9in5w_NVG9sqhepF
Louise, many thanks for this great video! Could you tell us how you closed the hole on the CD... was it closed with the pillow paint or did you use some other product?
Thank you so much Gill for watching. 🧡💙I simply used tape for the back to cover the hole and to protect the back while I resin the piece.
@@LouiseMcKayArt Thanks Louise, my apologies for asking the question incorrectly... my question is: how do you FILL the hole on the CD? Is it filled with Pillow paint or some other product?
So once I tape the back, I just paint as normal and the pillow and colors will just fill in the hole. Then once everything is dry cured in Resined, then you just drill through the hole with I think it was a 3/8” drill bit and then remove the tape. It’s really quite easy but the paint just fills in by itself when you’re painting.
@@LouiseMcKayArt Thanks Louise, so I'm assuming that once the paint is cured and resined it will become hard enough to withstand the drilling and holding the clock mechanism!
@@GILSAN123 you got it. I’ve made 5 now, drilled through taped and resined CD with no problems!
Sharpies are alcohol based markers, which is why alcohol works to erase it.
Thanks Karen, good info!!🧡
Great tutorial. What is a suggested price point with something like these
@@katesmith8014 hi Kate, I’m frequently asked questions about pricing and I can’t answer what I sell my creations for because it’s based on this market here in Asheville, NC, cost of my materials, the quality of my pieces, my time and what it’s worth to me to move pieces so I can create more. You have to find out your price point in your area given these considerations. Hope that helps, but I really can’t tell you what to price your pieces at. That’s really your call.
@@LouiseMcKayArt You are right. The market sets the price. Thanks for your answer though. I am just starting out, so I have plenty to learn. I have watched hundreds of videos from various artists and I have settled on exclusively following you. I especially love when you transfer your blooms to wood. My husband picks up old stumps from a swamp here in Florida and he has been carving them out to make planters. You should have seen his eyes when he saw your work. Now, we are both eagerly watching your videos for instruction. I love your coasters. Your bloom technique is absolutely beautiful. Looking to more of your videos.
@@katesmith8014 thank you so much, Kate, and I’m glad you’ve wrangled your husband into this as well😅 although it sounds like he’s got his own thing going with carving which is really a unique form. I would’ve had another fusion out already. However, my concept for the fusion didn’t work out and I had to go back and regroup so I made a bunch of pain skins I can’t use🥲 in that piece, however I might be able to use it for something else. In the meantime, I’ve made new skins and now I have to let them dry…… But I have two fusions in the process right now. I’m glad that you and your husband are enjoying the videos, I will have another one coming out today and it’s a lazy Susan creation, these are quite popular at least here in Asheville if you’re in a place where these kind of things sell, lazy Susans are a great Thing to learn!
Are you using regular drill bits?
And can I use the same procedure on a round canvas.
How long should I wait for the resine to cure before I drill.
Yes Nancy, regular drill bits.
Not sure about canvas, I think the drill bit would eat the canvas. Maybe record or MDF round
I’d wait at least 10 days then resin
Thank you for your answers.
Unfortunately I have the clock to be, already painted. And I even painted the numbers before I resined it. Haha.
But I will try and figure something out. I did put a tiny hole in the center and then tapped the other side so paint would not drip through.
It's a 12 inch round
Thank you again. I will keep you posted
Btw, your work is beautiful and I learn a lot from you.
Like the American floetrol recipe It works well.
Thank you
@@nancywalter1660 thanks so much Nancy, so good to hear!
Do you leave the masking tape on the back?
Good question, no, I always finish the back with some kind of spray paint, often a flat black.
Why wouldn’t you paint the numbers (or use the sharpie) then resin? That way it’s permanent
Getting the numbers in the right spot first try is trickier than it looks, at least for me. This way, at least I have assurance of a do over if it doesn’t work out right.