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Step by step instruction and video.
1. We make a silicone mold for casting a glowing element.
To do this, we fix the stalk in a glass and fill it with silicone.
The stalk was pretreated with VS-M silicone grease.
2.From a high distance, to reduce the number of bubbles, fill in silicone. 
3. After the silicone has dried (approximately 30-40 minutes), remove the cutting. 
4. Prepare the stalk: drill, clean, grind. 
5. Install the LED light bulb in the handle. 
6. Place the handle in a silicone mold and insulate it with a sealant. 
7. Prepare the mixture epoxy resin with a hardener for further pouring into the mold and pour. 
8. After complete solidification of the composition, remove the workpiece. 
9. We check the performance of the LED lamp. 
10.Saw, grind, give the desired shape. 
11. Now let's make the stand. 
12. We have decided on the shape, the material will be Premium Liquid Plastic with white dye. 
13. Fill in the mold and fix the wires. 
The pour point is 4 minutes. Full cure 30 min.
We plug into the USB connector! Ready
The combination of natural wood and epoxy resin is quite an interesting and original solution in terms of interior decoration. The light source is LED lamp, which is attached to the bottom of the frame - at the same time it serves as a stand.
The LED table lamp, made of natural wood and epoxy resin, without a drop of exaggeration can be called an exclusive decorative item that will take its rightful place in the home collection of unique things. And everyone can make such a masterpiece with their own hands.
Basic preparatory work
First of all, from pieces of chipboard, we assemble a rectangular box with dimensions of 33x20 cm, which will be used as a mold for pouring epoxy resin. In the process of assembling the frame, it is important not only to maintain all the original dimensions, but also to ensure that inner corners were located strictly at 90 degrees.
We install the box on a flat surface, tighten it with clamps, and be sure to seal all the cracks with a sealant (to save time, it is recommended to use hot melt glue). Then you can proceed to the most critical part of the work - pouring epoxy resin.
Making LED lamps from epoxy
First, fill in a small layer of black epoxy. We are waiting for the base to harden, spill it with a thin layer of transparent epoxy resin and lay a piece of the board. In this case, the side of the board, on which the bark remains, should look inward. Then we decorate the artistic "composition" with green moss and fill it to the top with transparent epoxy. The total thickness is 3 cm.
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Romanian sculptor and designer Eduard Lokota founded his original design studio with the aim of decorating homes modern man... The studio's collections are inspired by nature in general and seascapes in particular. Eduard Lokota makes each sculpture by hand. As a result, the objects are truly one of a kind. They fascinate with their insight into the inherent relationship between rock hardness and water flow. The designer combines sculptural elements with artistic features blurring the line between art and function.
“Eduard Lokota currently lives and works in Timisoara, Romania.
He has been creating unique sculptures using epoxy resin, among other materials, for a relatively long time.
Some of his works sell for 1,100 euros.
Let's try and make a lamp similar to one of the designer's works.
As a basis, the author took an oak bar measuring 65 x 65 mm.
Then you need to decide which part of the lamp will be epoxy, and which will remain in its original form (well, almost pristine).
To solve this dilemma, the master used the rule of harmonious proportion, or as it is also called the rule of the golden ratio. This is a rule in which the greater part refers to the lesser as the length of the whole object to the greater part. If in numbers, then this ratio is about 1.62 and in order not to break his brain with long calculations, the author decided to leave the wooden part 162 mm long, and the epoxy 100 mm.
If you divide these two areas with just a straight line, it will be trite and not comme il faut at all. But if you include imagination, then you can come up with something like this.
To break a block of wood in this way will not have enough strength, I think no one, so the author uses the so-called method of gouging drilling.
The essence of the method is that the author of the homemade product using screw (ordinary were also used) drills for wood drills a bar at different angles with drills of different diameters as needed. In this case, the worse it turns out, the better, he says. Actually, this is the method of gouging drilling. He also warns everyone who decides to repeat this method that the drills cut into the wood at a high enough speed. This causes some inconvenience. The author recommends using a screwdriver rather than a drill at a sufficiently low speed.
After that, a chisel is enough and woo a la - the bar is divided into 2 parts.
The truth looks such beauty as if the dogs chewed. But in other ways it is impossible to achieve such a figured separation of an oak (and rather thick and very durable) bar.
Then the author, using a ruler and a pencil, marks the center on both sides and drills with a thin drill on both sides. This is necessary for accuracy. The resulting hole will guide the large diameter drill.
The boundary between the light source and the resin will be separated by the lens from the old lens. the diameter of the lens in the frame is 22 mm. To install it, you need to drill a small recess using a drill of the appropriate diameter.
On the reverse side, the author drills the workpiece with a real feather monster. The diameter of the drill is as much as 45 mm and at least the drill gnaws through such a huge hole in an oak bar.
Then the author begins to experimentally select the concentration of the dye for resins, choosing an interesting shade.
He also fixes the lens with resin.
Next, you need to prepare a mold for filling. The author cut several pieces of acrylic according to the size of a bar and connected them together with household tape. This is necessary for waterproofing at the joints.
This is a kind of formwork.
To control the filling process, the author makes a transparent screen. He decided to make a kind of screen from a transparent plastic cover from children's paints.
While everyone is trying to get rid of the small bubbles formed during the mixing and pouring of the resin in order to get a transparent fill, the author decides to air the entire mixture in full and vice versa to get a bunch of bubbles. Therefore, violating the instructions, he began to actively mix the fill.
It's time to fill.
But all the bubbles began to leave the resin. But the most unpleasant thing is that the form began to leak. Even a bunch of rubber bands did not help, so it was decided to separate the fill and the mold and take the resin out onto the balcony. The author left the mold soaked in resin warm. The plan came true. The pitch ran dry in the cold. The mold is glued and completely sealed. Moreover, the bubbles did not float up in the thick resin. Having mixed them well, it became possible to keep them there forever.
After 12 hours, the resin hardened and became as hard as stone.
Now we need to separate the pieces of acrylic and clear plastic.
The author decided to add elegance to the homemade product and a unique feature, a little zest, so to speak.
It remains to fill the resulting pattern with resin.
It's time to start the sanding process.
To grind the workpiece, the author uses a grinder. Started sanding with a 60 grit belt, then 150, 240 and 320. I finished it with 500 and 1000 grit paper.
This is what the surface looks like after grinding with 1000 grit.
Further polishing. Using a felt wheel coated with a special polishing paste for plastic, starts polishing.
After grinding in some of the depressions, the resin was destroyed. This will require a small redecorating... For this, regular quick-drying epoxy tube repairs will do. It must be tinted in the color of the fill and the glue hardens within 5 minutes.