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before it is poured

Short, plain answers from the bench: the ingredients of a resin portrait, the time it takes, the sizes and the grounds, hanging and care, and the photograph to send.

A square glitter resin portrait of a black and tan dachshund on grey marbled resin veined with gold, on a plaster wall above a walnut sideboard, a brass lamp and a potted olive tree beside it
Materials

What is a hand-poured resin portrait?

Your photo, drawn as a design and built up by hand in layers of tinted resin over glitter, pearl or real wood, then sealed under one clear pour.

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The Glazera bench: a golden retriever panel mid-pour, a gloved hand tipping clear resin over it, cups of teal, pearl and gold pigment, a dish of gold leaf, a heat torch and a level around it
Process

How is a resin portrait poured?

The design is drawn from your photo and approved first. Then the ground, the portrait in layers of tinted resin and one clear flood, all by hand.

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A finished corgi portrait on gold glitter resin being lifted out of a box of crinkle paper by the maker, in black gloves, at the studio bench
Process

How long does a resin portrait take?

The design takes about a minute. The pour takes weeks: 32–36 days for panels and wood slices, 18–25 for an ornament, door to door.

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A silver tabby cat on grey marbled resin flecked with gold, a square glitter resin panel above a cream sofa, the tabby herself curled up on it
Care

How do I care for a resin portrait?

A soft dry cloth for dust, a damp one for a mark, no glass cleaner or solvents, and a wall out of hours of strong direct sun.

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A white Maltese with a blue bow on a soft pearl resin panel above a low walnut bench, books and a trailing pothos on it
Hanging & display

How do I hang a resin panel?

Panels hang on a single screw and arrive ready to hang. Ornaments hang on their chain; wood slices stand on their own easel.

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Kraft gift boxes tied with teal velvet ribbon on a pale oak table against a cream wall, a golden retriever resin ornament in a gold rim nestled in the open one, a sprig of pine and two gold baubles beside it
Gifting

Sending a resin portrait as a gift

Lead times, the Christmas cut-offs (15 November for panels and slices, 28 for ornaments), the name on the piece and how it is boxed.

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A black and tan dachshund on a dark glossy resin panel above a teak sideboard, the dachshund himself asleep on the rug below
Sizing

30 or 50 cm: which size resin panel?

The 30 cm panel is for a landing, a desk or a narrow passage; the 50 fills the space over a couch or a console. Wood slices come 30 or 50 cm across.

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A rottweiler named Bruno sitting on the sand, surf behind him, framed in teal and navy marbled resin flecked with gold leaf, a square glitter resin panel
Photos

What photo works best for a resin portrait?

A single pet or person looking at the lens, eyes in view, in daylight. A quick phone picture of the dog in the living room is what most pieces are poured from.

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A white Maltese with a blue bow on an iridescent mother-of-pearl resin panel above a sofa, the Maltese herself lying on it
Comparison

Glitter or pearl: which resin panel?

Both are 30 × 30 or 50 × 50 cm under the same mirror gloss. Glitter is gold leaf in marbled resin from $149; pearl is a shimmer or an opal shift from $129.

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