u/Ryoj_in

I wanted to try something a little brighter this time, so I made a set of teal resin coasters with a lot of metallic texture inside.

I started by crumpling pieces of silver foil and placing them into the molds instead of laying them completely flat. Then I poured in clear resin with some copper/gold foil pieces, followed by the teal layer. I wasn’t really sure how the wrinkled foil would look once everything was covered in resin, but it ended up giving the coasters a much more reflective, almost shattered-glass look.

After curing, I added the gold lettering on top. I think that small detail works really well with the copper-colored flakes around the edges.

I had my air purifier running next to the workspace while I was pouring as well. I still use ventilation and PPE when working with resin, but I usually keep it nearby during longer sessions.

Pretty happy with how this batch turned out, especially when the light hits all those little foil pieces.

Materials:

- Resiners epoxy resin

- Resin hardener

- Transparent teal dye

- Silver foil

- Copper/gold foil flakes

- Gold lettering decals

- Round silicone coaster molds

• air purifier

Tried making some galaxy-inspired dice and I’m honestly surprised how much depth came out in these.

The biggest challenge was balancing the black color with enough transparency so the shimmer could still move under the light. Too much pigment and everything gets muddy, but too little and it loses the space effect.

Used a crystal clear epoxy resin for this batch and focused on keeping the layers clean. The final result has that dark space + scattered stars feeling I was aiming for.