Mseal Art Altered Project- Lady birds and Mseal Art Tutorial

Mseal Art Ladybirds

Mseal Art is fun ,inexpensive and super easy.  When I started with Mseal art I knew nothing about it .It was an impulse buy from a stationery shop!I read the instructions on the packet to get started and learnt by trial and error.I am posting this tutorial to help anyone like me who likes to experiment with new crafts.

What is Mseal? 
Mseal is epoxy resin.It is actually a substance used by plumbers to seal leaks! Its manufactured as white mseal for hobby crafts.It is not expensive and the standard packet 50g packet costs just rupees 15.
How to do Mseal Art and Craft
Materials Required

• Mseal:For a small project you just need 1or 2 packets.I have used less than a packet for this ladybirds project
• Paint- Acrylic paint gives a lovely shine
• Kitchen knife- optional

1.On opening the packet you will find 2 substances.

Mseal 

2.Pinch or cut out some as shown below.If your Mseal is a little old there might be a hard layer at the junction of the 2 colors- remove this hard strip as I have found that this strip of Mseal  remains hard and can interfere with the texture of your finished work.

Mseal 

3.Knead thoroughly with your fingers.No need to add any water or oil

Mseal

4.Once the 2 parts of the Mseal are thoroughly mixed it changes color to white and becomes soft and pliable.You are ready to sculpt now.It hardens in 60-90 minutes so plan your project accordingly.

Mseal

How to make the Lady birds Mseal Art

Take a small amount of the kneaded Mseal and shape it into a leaf

Mseal Art Leaf

Paint the leaves.Here is my 5 year old helping to paint the leaf.We used Acrylic Pearl Green

Mseal Art and Craft

Roll a long strip for the stem and small balls for the lady birds.

Mseal adheres well to wood,metal,plastic,glass and no gluing is required!Just press them onto the surface and it sticks.Only do so before it hardens[ do within 60 mins of making  the Mseal] 

Here is the box which we altered for this Mseal Art.We used a similar one for the Shell Craft

Recycling crafts

Make veins for the leaves with a regular kitchen knife.

Mseal Art and Craft- ladybirds

Paint the lady bird body red and head black. Once the red paint dries paint spots with black paint.

Mseal Lady bird

Mseal Leaves

Here is the finished Mseal art

Mseal Lady birds

Mseal art is fun and easy. Oh and unlike salt dough craft  you don't have to varnish it. It stays the same for a long long time.
Here are the links to some other Mseal Art Projects