creating water i.e. fish bowl / pond

I would love to create my own goldfish bowl or even garden pond.
I am happy to find plastic top / lid for the bowl but I want to fill it up
(about 3/4 full) with something the will dry hard but clear to simulate
water.
Also any ideas for fish
Thanks again
C x

Kathy, perhaps you know, I have forgotten, is polymer clay compatible with
epoxy resins?
If not then the glass figures is the way to go. I hope you do make your
fish bowl. Id love to see pictures!
Diana

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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 18:25:34 -0400, C A . Butler wrote
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I would love to create my own goldfish bowl or even garden pond.
I am happy to find plastic top / lid for the bowl but I want to fill it
up
(about 3/4 full) with something the will dry hard but clear to simulate
water.
Also any ideas for fish
Thanks again
C x




For fish, I'd either use fish beads or make my own fish from polymer
clay. Most likely, it would be fish beads, and the cheesy Indian
ones would work pretty well - they're not durable, but surrounded by
plastic they should be okay. The gorgeous Peruvian clay beads would
be several steps up in quality, but I don't think I'd want to do that
for a first try - beads that cost $3 apiece are too expensive for
experiments, IMO.

For resin, I saw this site the other day, and it looks seriously
cool:

http://www.delviesplastics.com/casting_resin.htm

I'm considering buying from them as well, and making a Kathy N-V
style aquarium - the kind with gorillas, fish, and volkswagens hiding
out in the ocean.

Kathy N-V

For some reason the clear gel candle wax leaps into my mind. Don't know how
hard it gets tho.

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"C A . Butler" wrote in message
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I would love to create my own goldfish bowl or even garden pond.
I am happy to find plastic top / lid for the bowl but I want to fill it up
(about 3/4 full) with something the will dry hard but clear to simulate
water.
Also any ideas for fish
Thanks again
C x

For some reason the clear gel candle wax leaps into my mind. Don't know how
hard it gets tho.

Not very, it gets like a very firm Jello.


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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:25:34 GMT, "C A . Butler"
wrote:

I would love to create my own goldfish bowl or even garden pond.
I am happy to find plastic top / lid for the bowl but I want to fill it up
(about 3/4 full) with something the will dry hard but clear to simulate
water.
Also any ideas for fish
Thanks again
C x

Since no one else has suggested this: Wal-Mart used to have a
faux-water acrylic for floral arranging. It's two-part like epoxy,
just a lot thinner and clearer, and hardens permanently. I've seen it
in some craft stores, but I'd assume Wal-Mart would be cheaper. I
think it was either an 8-oz or a pint package, not sure.

Craft stores also carry a re-softenable faux-water, so you don't
permanently glue your flowers into a vase. You resoften it with heat,
I believe. Something to check out. It sounds to me like the permanent
one would work better, though.