18x12x1.25" 3D Geometric Cubes Inlay 4 Silicone Mold - Charcuterie Board Mold

Our "inlay" molds are perhaps one of the coolest products to come out of the Crafted Elements lab. We wanted to find a way to merge resin art with conventional wood and resin charcuterie boards, without requiring a CNC machine or router templates. Essentially, creating molds large and deep enough to set live edge wood into, but also had some sort of unique design or integrated feature that would push the coolness factor over the edge. We designed the inlay to be deep enough to allow for 1/8" to 3/16" of material loss per side during planing. 

You can also use these molds without the wood, and just create an incredible multi-layer solid resin piece.

This particular inlay mold know as the "3D Geometric Cube Inlay" will be sure to give your finished boards incredible appeal that will make them stand out, and therefore command a higher price. It features a matrix of 3D perspective cube lines that get filled with a different color resin after your initial demolding.

Important Note: Due to the sharp corners and intersections of this design, and the narrow width of the raised 3D cube walls it is nearly impossible for us to remove this silicone tube from our tooling without creating micro-tears at certain intersections of the lines. Spraying your mold with the proper mold release and taking care when demolding will prevent additional tearing. These will also not have an effect on your final product as you are backfilling the raised lines, planing and sanding your piece to finish.

Creating works of art with our inlay molds, wood and resin is a multi-step process but still very simple:

1. Pre-cut your piece of wood to fit on an angle, alongside the raised design in the mold. Ensure the piece of wood is at least 1/4" thicker than the height of the raised design in the mold. This will allow for "planing removal" later.
2. Fill the area up to and around the wood as you normally would, including over the raised inlay design of the mold
3. Demold your piece, and flip it over. Don't plane or sand it yet.
4. Fill the inlay/recessed design with the resin color of your choice, it could be clear, tinted, opaque or pearl. You are the artist here!
5. Once that backfill pour is set, run both sides through your planer to level the piece and ensure the wood and resin are at the same height. We design the inlay/raised parts of the mold to be deep enough to allow for 1/8" to 3/16" of material loss per side due to planing.
6. Finish as usual by sanding, polishing and applying the finish of your choice.