Workshop
Starting with a show and tell all about bangles, their origins, historical context and most renown artists in bangle science, to get the juices flowing.
Students will then design customised bangles, make silicone moulds for them, and cast them in clear and matte resin multiple times using pigments and glitters covering techniques such as layering, marbling, sectioning and more. Learn the entire resin jewellery making process, catching the pearls of wisdom as I drop them along the way.
It's a party because the group will share moulds, bangle designs and colours. They say sharing is caring and we care a LOT!
Participants will take home several resin bangles, their respective silicone moulds and a bucket full of happiness.
Ticket price includes $30 of materials
Genre: Workshop
Artist / Tutor: Macarena BernalDate: 13/04/2025
Times: 09:00 - 16:00Price: $220
Venue: NMIT Classroom
Skill level required: All levels
Students need to bring: Participants can bring small personal objects from home to embed in the resin bangles such as, shells, buttons, gems, stones, sand, etc. Resin is a strong chemical irritant. The room will be well ventilated, please bring an apron or skin covering clothes.
Macarena Bernal
Chilean born, NZ citizen, renowned jewellery artist Maca Bernal blends her Visual Arts knowledge with her jewellery manufacturing expertise to create thought provoking pieces.
With degrees from MIT and Otago Polytechnic she explores the bonds between jewellery and the wearer, using her work to make impactful socio-political statements from her glorified woman cave in Auckland.
