Insect amber handicraft is a common insect in nature, such as ladybug, midge (farting bug), beetle, spider, cicada, bamboo weevil and so on. Embedded in plexiglass, it is deeply loved by urbanites, especially students. Making insect amber handicrafts is rich in resources and the process is not complicated, which can be used as a small way to make money.
1, insect collection
(1) Tools: preservative solution (high alcohol liquor with a little sugar), tweezers, wide-mouth glass bottle.
(2) Collection: Look for all kinds of vegetables, fruits, bamboo shoots and tobacco plants, and you will find many swarms of insects. Clamp the insect with tweezers, immediately put it into a wide-mouth glass bottle filled with antiseptic solution, cover it tightly, and soak it for 1-3 days.
2, insect plastic drying
Take the insects out of the antiseptic solution, air dry for a while, then unfold the head, feet and other limbs of the insects to normal and put them into the flat cover one by one. Then put the lid with the bugs in the dryer (the appropriate temperature is 5℃), or put it in the sun and cover it with several layers of newspapers to dry (never expose the bugs directly in the sun, because the bugs will change color) for 2-3 days, and the bugs can be completely dried.
3, amber craft crystal production
The raw materials of (1) plexiglass can be bought from chemical stores, which can be divided into raw monomers and cooked monomers. The raw material monomer methyl methacrylate without prepolymerization is a colorless and transparent liquid, which acts as a solvent. The mature monomer is polymerized methyl methacrylate, which is a colorless and transparent viscous liquid. It can only keep its original properties at a low temperature of 5℃ and gradually polymerize and harden at a high temperature. Therefore, raw and cooked monomers should be kept in the refrigerator.
(2) Soak the dried, disinfected and cleaned insect specimen in the raw material monomer for 65438+/-0 hours, so that the insect body is completely soaked. Inject the mature monomer into the molds of various shapes prepared in advance, and the injection amount should not exceed half of the thickness of the worm at a time to prevent the specimen from drifting. Put the insect seeds taken from the raw monomer on the cooked monomer in the mold, and immediately put the insect body into the required position in the mold with tweezers or dissecting needles. When the mature monomer is slightly polymerized, the worm will no longer drift, and the mold will move into the sealed container evenly. Wait patiently for mature monomers to polymerize under natural conditions. 1-2 days later, fine needle exploration can be performed. If the mature monomer has been polymerized into semi-solid but not completely hardened, it can be injected with a thickness of about half a centimeter. Repeat the above steps until the required thickness is reached. After hardening, it can be demoulded, then the uneven and unsatisfactory parts can be trimmed, and then polished by a polishing machine, thus making a beautiful amber handicraft. After that, it can be further made into key chains, mobile phone accessories, town watches, chest pendants, seals and so on.