Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago
Let's make a gemstone heart: part 1! I'm so happy with how this halloween costume design is turning out - fire glass is such a fun material to work with, inexpensive, and looks so much like gems when it's embedded in resin! This was a perfect project to try out our new @elegoo resin printer, washer, and curer, and the curing chamber doubled up as an easy way to set the gemstone UV resin as well.
Once the resin frame was printed, the tricky part was adding the gems on a curved, hollow surface since I'll be adding some LEDs later. I went through a couple ideas including using a temporary clay backing or silicone, but in the end, plain old tape was the simplest way to do this without investing in new materials. Resin doesn't stick to tape, and so this peeled easily off once finished, provided you work slow and careful. Love how this weird little diy cosplay fashion project is turning out so far!
Let's make a gemstone heart: part 1! I'm so happy with how this halloween costume design is turning out - fire glass is such a fun material to work with, inexpensive, and looks so much like gems when it's embedded in resin! This was a perfect project to try out our new @elegoo resin printer, washer, and curer, and the curing chamber doubled up as an easy way to set the gemstone UV resin as well.
Once the resin frame was printed, the tricky part was adding the gems on a curved, hollow surface since I'll be adding some LEDs later. I went through a couple ideas including using a temporary clay backing or silicone, but in the end, plain old tape was the simplest way to do this without investing in new materials. Resin doesn't stick to tape, and so this peeled easily off once finished, provided you work slow and careful. Love how this weird little diy cosplay fashion project is turning out so far!
