Crafting with Alistina Studio

Hi everyone! Now that you've read the MSDS for your preferred resin brands and done a bit of research, we'll get into some of the criteria for choosing a work space.  First of all, you need to make sure you have a well-ventilated work space that's separate from your living area. Resin and hardener can each give off their own fumes but when they're mixed, they create  toxic fumes . These are given off during mixing and curing. Even though most epoxy resins can be removed from their moulds within 24 hours, they still aren't fully cured until a week or even a few weeks later (depending on the brand) and will continue to emit those toxic gases in decreasing amounts until they're fully cured.  Your living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom are  NOT  safe places to use resin. Any room that people or animals spend time in is unsafe for resin use, even if it's well-ventilated. These chemicals can seep into your furniture, curtains, tables, etc. You may...

 Hi everyone! Today I'm going to discuss a topic that's been surprisingly controversial within the international resin community- safety and precautions. Somehow the suggestion that resin should be used with caution tends to offend some people. Yeah, doesn't make sense to me either but anyway... There's a lot of important information to be shared so I'm going to break it down into a series of posts where you can learn about the different aspects of resin safety. This series is not meant to deter you from starting this hobby but rather to encourage you to work safely. Before you start working with any unfamiliar chemical, you need to do your research. Don't expect that you'll know everything there is to know about resin safety from this blog alone. These posts are not a substitute for proper research, nor are they intended to provide medical, legal or any other professional advice.  You need to thoroughly research epoxy resin and the potential dangers involve...

 Hi everyone! I'm the artisan behind Alistina Studio on Instagram  and  Facebook , and I'm from Trinidad and Tobago.  I started my research into crafting with epoxy resin early in 2017 and I spent ages  reading and learning (I literally grew new grey hairs during this period!) until I was finally able to start working with resin about a year later. As you can imagine, it was very frustrating as most of the information I found was applicable to other countries such as the USA and the resources available to potential resin artisans in Trinidad, or even the Caribbean, were limited. I'd always wished that I could've found all the relevant information more easily so, 3 years later, I'm starting a blog in the hope of providing information that a local resin artisan would be happy to stumble upon.  I hope to be able to help you in your journey and to create a community where we can all help each other to recognise our dreams of becoming unique artis...