Coasters

I started making coasters when I learned to crochet.

Coasters are always useful, and you can never have too many. I give them as gifts, I have them anywhere someone may sit down with a drink in my house.

• On the coffee table, side tables, and sideboard near the couch.

• On the little tables near the reading chairs.

• On the dining room table for when the placemats are not necessary like when playing a game.

• On the dresser and nightstands in the bedrooms.

• On the desk in the office.

• On the hallway table, where the chair is that no one ever uses.

• A few stacked on the dining room serving board and the kitchen island for when we have guests visit.

You get the idea. I really like coasters.

So it only made sense to make coasters using my art.

There were kinks to work out.

Like all things that require real tools, I recruited the help of my husband by asking very nicely.

Figuring out resin being the best top sealer, and stickers work best for the art was a process.

The 1st coasters we protected with polyurethane.

-That yellowed over time.

The 2nd run of coasters we protected with clear top coat spray paint because it’s not supposed to yellow.

-That didn’t cure well.

The 3rd run of coasters we protected with polycrylic because it’s supposed to be similar to polyurethane, but not yellow.

-That also didn’t cure to our liking.

The 4th run was the charm, as we met another artist who used resin to seal coasters.

-Thank goodness, mission accomplished!

After learning about resin from that fellow artist, I taught myself how to use it to create my solar eclipse clocks. I have used it to make coasters ever since!