Want to make a paperweight out of paper- thinking "lucite"?

Question

I want to make a paperweight from pages of a tax return as a gift for someone. Kind of like crumbled up paper for someone's desk. My mom suggested Polyester casting resin - what can I use as a mold? What would you suggest? Want to make something out of the papers. . . . thanks!

Answer 1

You could use a plastic storage bowl with about a 1/2 cup capacity, that way it is the correct size. Try too stabilize the paper with starch or decoupage first or the resin will squish it.

I had a friend decoupage a rock with a marriage license once, it was a clever desk ornament, she just took a photo of the license then stuck it to the rock with decoupage. You could do the same thing with the tax paper start with a regular document then crumble it up, take a picture and decoupage the crumpled photo to the rock.