Ice Resin has been around a while and I will admit, I was a little scared to work with it at first because I had heard that it was temperamental and difficult to work with. Thanks to Deryn Mentock, I took the plunge and learned how to use it.

It can be temperamental and like anything, it takes time, patience and practice to understand its properties and how to work with it.

Resin has allowed me to incorporate imagery into my jewelry - whether that imagery is beautiful artwork developed by other Etsy artisans, my nephews crayon drawings, the scanned image of my beloved grandmother who passed many years ago, or photographs taken on a family vacation.

It indeed opens a new world of possibilities.