Thus begins my obsession with translucent Lumina clay! The learning curve for resin clay is very steep, given the fact that it dries so quickly, but the end product is so much better than polymer clay and it doesn’t require any oven curing. (Not pictured are the numerous botched lotuses whose petals didn’t curve inward enough and looked more like cabbages.) After shaping the petals with the rounded end of a gel pen, I attached them to the core with Mod-Podge, waited about 24 hours for them to air-dry, and then painted the whole thing with acrylics mixed with water, and varnish. I then attached it to an aluminum chain and added a lovely opalite cabochon from Etsy. The cured clay is surprisingly flexible.