DIY kit wind catcher making. All the supplies you need to make a wind catcher for outside or inside!
With this set you can easily make a beautiful wind catcher that is very resistant to weather and wind. With color pigments for epoxy you can make the most unique colors and effects.
Are you going to hang the windcatcher outside in the sun and are you pouring transparent (so without color)? Then add a UV blocker for epoxy , so that your artwork does not yellow due to sunlight. The molds are made of flexible silicone. They are easy to use and can be reused multiple times.
Package contents
The packages are delivered including molds, wire and other supplies. The packages are delivered without epoxy casting resin and color pigments. You can order these separately according to your own wishes.
Variant 1 = Round
Dimensions: End product 30-80 cm long and 12 cm wide. Depending on how big you make it.
Number of molds: 1
Contents of molds: 70 grams
Extra: strong fishing line, 3 elongated ornaments of 7,10 and 12 cm, 12 large beads
Variant 2 = Sun & Stars
Dimensions: End product 30-80 cm long and 12 cm wide. Depending on how big you make it.
Number of molds: 6
Total contents of molds: 90 grams
Extra: strong fishing line, 15 large and 15 small beads
Making an epoxy wind catcher "Round"
Pour all the necessary epoxy shapes into the mold. The end result of this mold gives all the shapes once. You can determine the size of your wind catcher yourself by pouring more shapes.
1. Cut 5 equal lengths of fishing line. Thread all 5 of these through the holes in the pink ring, as in the example. Thread the wires through a large bead at the top and then tie the 5 wires around the top open ring.
2. Finish the whole thing per thread. In this example, the fishing line is threaded through twice everywhere. This way, everything can still be moved a little, but it stays in place.
3. In photo 3 you can see how you first thread the wire double through the pink ring to then finish the wire. Here a bead was chosen, then an epoxy circle, another bead, another circle but a different size, ending with a bead.
4. The bottom bead is finished with a button and a drop of UV Epoxy Resin to ensure that the button does not sag and the bead does not slip off the fishing line.
Epoxy wind catcher make "Sun & Stars"
Fill the molds with epoxy and wait for everything to harden. Lay everything out and make sure you have a
pair of pliers to pinch the little silver balls.
1. Cut 5 equally long wires and thread them through the blue ring as in the example. There are 10 holes, but you only use 5 wires. Gather them above the ring and slide a silver ball around it and pinch it closed. Make sure you have enough wire left to place a bead above it and attach it to a sun.
2. The orange disk is the base for the iron rods. The wire for the iron rods you do according to the lines with number 1. From above the wire goes through the disk, then through an iron rod and back through the orange disk. You close this at the top with a silver ball and pinch it closed. Cut off the remaining wire. Do this for all 3.
A long wire passes through the middle hole through which the ball arrives to rattle against the iron bars.
The lines of number 2 are the holes through which you put 2 pieces of fishing wire where the orange disk hangs. Close these wires together with the middle wire at the top with a silver ball and make sure there is enough wire left to thread through the bead and sun.
3. Join the whole thing together with the wire of the blue ring and thread all this joint wire through a bead and through the hole of the sun. Close this with a silver ball and squeeze it closed.
In the example 8 wires are used. The top is attached with a silver ball on top of the blue ring after which per wire is worked downwards. Use a bead with a silver ball underneath. The wire is threaded through the silver ball twice in the example, because otherwise it does not clamp well enough. The beads are hung at different heights with each a silver ball underneath and the bottom epoxy stars and moons are also closed with a silver ball.
4. Once the wind catcher is assembled, hang the last sun on the middle wire of the orange ring where the large bead is to make the iron rods jingle. Hang the last sun at a nice height at the bottom and close it again with a silver ball and squeeze it closed. The wind catcher is now ready for use.
Need epoxy?
The use of suitable epoxy is important for the end result of your Resin Art art. We advise to use Epoxy casting resin 1:1 or UltraEpoxy for this type of molds. These epoxy resins are very easy to use and suitable for larger surfaces.
Make your Resin Art unique with these pigments
With special color pigments you can give your Resin Art a unique twist. Achieve a full opaque color with shimmer, go for transparent pigment or pigment paste. Quickly view all color pigments especially for Resin Art.
