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Instructions
 Step 1 – The Resin
Before we get started, we need to talk about our material today: epoxy resin. You can either get resin which hardenes with help of an UV-light or resin which is mixed with a liquid hardener and takes some time.
I usually take the normal resin for cost reasons. The UV-epoxy is a bit more expensive. When you work with resin, either resin to be specific, you should use silicon moulds since the hardening-process usually causes warmth and other moulds could melt then.
Before we now start with our clock we prepare the resin. The epoxy resin with two components has to be carefully mixed and the components need to have a certain propotion. Usually it is 1:1 or 1:2, it depends on your resin. That's what you need the bowl (please don't take a food bowl but one to do craftings), the stir stick and the scale for. Before working with the resin put on the gloves. Then mix the two components and stir well, let set for 1-2 minutes to erase bubbles.
Step 2 – Numbers
Usually, the clock moulds have a deeper mould for the numbers. Therefore, you prepare a bit resin (it's very yieldingly!). If you like, you can also add glitter. Then you can use the pipet and put your resin into the numbers. Be careful not to spread it totally otherwise it could be hard to put in the motive later. Optionally, you of course can do everything in the same colour, but I just like to use different colours for the numbers.
When you put resin in each number mould, let dry for about 24 hours.
Step 3 – Doing the clock
 Before you do another mix of resin, you should print and cut your motive. I decided on the White Tree of Gondor on light blue paper. Try to cut it accurate. In the middle you also must cut out a little circle, which is later the place for the watch mechanism. Then you can mix your resin again.  This time I use clear resin, but I prepared the mould with bronze glitter, which I just appealed it on the mould before putting the resin in. I would advise you not just to pour the resin if you have a simple bowl instead of a silicon beaker. Trust me, it will be a chaotic mess and the border of the mould is not soooo high when it swaps over. And resin on a table is not funny! However, firstly do a thin layer of resin and then put your motive in. Try to get it onto the resin correctly (mine just askewed a bit.) Then put the rest resin onto it until the mould is filled. Try not to make it to thick otherwise the watch mechanism will not fit. Let dry for another 24 hours.
Pro tip: If you have, use a hot air blower to erase the bubbles. (Sadly that didn't work for me with two big bubbles this time.)
 Step 4 – Final touch
When the resin has hardened, you can just take it out of the mould easily. Sometimes the edges are a bit sharp, you can file them off with a soft file. After that, you can attach the watch mechanism. When you order it, be careful to take a mechanism with hands, which are not longer than your mould or the clock. Could look a bit awkward otherwise. Furthermore the pin of the mechanism has to fit through the hole in the middle of your resin clock. Usually, the mechanisms with suspension are too big for our clock. So you have to attache any kind of hook or suspension with a glue pistol to the back of the clock, so you can put it onto a wall.
And now we're all singing!
Tick Tock I'm a clock!
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Easy
20 min. + 48 h
25 €