Creative: Reggi Rox is a self-taught artist who is crafting with resin. Photo: Rodney Braithwaite
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Reggi Rox, who moved to Shepparton in April 2021, has discovered a passion for working with resin and is using this creative outlet to connect with the community.
Ms Rox is completely self-taught and loves to experiment and “tinker”.
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One day she picked up a tin of resin and some moulds and “just started guessing”.
“I read the back of the tin and said ‘right, at this temperature you add this many drops and you mix it up’,” she said.
The variety of her resin pieces is astounding, with little gummy bears, flowers, gift boxes, pen holders and coasters being just a few of the things she has made.
Creativity: Home-made sculpted goods by Reggi Rox. Photo: Rodney Braithwaite.
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All of the work she has on offer is customisable and she’s always got new and interesting moulds on order.
It’s a constant learning process and Ms Rox loves experimenting with all the different ways she can colour the resin.
“Instead of adding the colour to the resin and then pouring it, I would pour the resin in and then add the colour or put the colour in and then pull the resin,” she said.
“So we had all these tie-dye effects happening.”
Since discovering her passion, she’s been “tinkering” and experimenting.
So much so that she’s running out of colours and resin fast.
“I just do it for the sake of it now ... like a kid in a lolly shop,” she said.
“Which is probably why I'm out of colour.”
Ms Rox got into resin art when she hurt her shoulder and couldn’t work at her job as a cleaner.
It turned out to be bursitis, which was easily treated with a cortisone injection, but while Ms Rox was recovering she needed to find an outlet for her energy.
“My partner actually said to me, 'Look, why don’t you find something that you like doing?’ And I've always liked doing things with my hands,” she said.
“It was just something to do rather than sitting at home, twiddling my thumbs.”
So she started making resin items such as roses that hold a tealight candle and float on water, earrings and, most recently, a night-light for the kids.
Glitter: Custom resin art available from Reggi Rox. Photo: Rodney Braithwaite
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Rodney Braithwaite
Ms Rox loves working with resin and has more moulds on the way.
She’s even bought herself a dremel tool to take her creations to the next level with etching and engraving.
“I’ve never done anything with a dremel tool in my life,” Ms Rox said.
She started a Facebook page to showcase and sell her work; it was up for about two years but really took off after she shared her creativity with a Shepparton community group on Facebook.
“My phone has just been going nuts all day, and I’m at work, I can't look at it right now,” she said.
“It just took off. And I was like, ‘holy’ — so yeah, I'm glad I've ordered a heap of stuff.”
Ms Rox is not taking orders right now because she is moving to a new place with a bigger studio space.
She’ll be moved in just in time for Valentine’s Day and she’ll start taking orders for custom resin art through her Facebook page Reggi’s Resin.
The roses will make a unique present for your special someone and, because they float, it’s the perfect opportunity to share a candle-lit bath together and a glass of something special.
