Here I paint with resin in an abstract way. The resin I color with different color pigments and alcohol inks. Resin reminds of glass because it is a transparent material that gets shiny after the curing process. At first the resin is liquid and from the moment the hardener gets added to it in a 1:1 ratio it turns within 30 to 45 minutes into a completely solid and firm material. The painting process can therefore only take place within these 30 to 45 minutes. Due to the material the painting process is naturally at first very dynamic and becomes very calm towards the end. When painting with resin, the color saturation plays a central role, which means the decision about how transparent and translucent or how covering the resin will get is decisive. This depends on the amount of color pigments added to the resin without any limit how saturated it gets in the end. Alcohol ink on the other hand can only be added up to a maximum of 10% of the total volume, otherwise the resin would become rubbery instead of hard. Once several colored resins are created each in cups I simply pour them onto glass. Then I do the tilting and use a straw or a hair dryer to move around the resin on the surface. The essential effects happen mostly when the resin is still liquid, because then the resin still reacts easily to any interventions. By using a small heat gun various fascinating circular structures start to appear still changing a little by themselves. In the end the heat will seal the surface properly by making many tiny air bubbles vanish underneath the surface. From the heat the resin changes from being milky to being clear and shiny. So in the end I get numerous transparent and luminous layers of paint lying in and on top of each other. I change them subtly until they simply will stop moving.
©Janka Stemmle
Video (04:14min) produced with Girts Apskalns
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