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  1. On 10/29/2020 at 8:18 PM, Mommabee1416 said:

    After I posted I went back and looked at the product listing and im nearly certain the product is not pure beeswax.  I bought it on amazon and made the mistake of not realizing where it was made. Whether it was misleading on purpose or not, I dont know but im bummed because I still have a pound of it left. It feels and looks more like a soy blend maybe with a touch of beeswax in it. But like you said. This probably isn't going to burn well.

    Most commercially available beeswaxes are cut with paraffin, and then they'll add some dye and fragrance. These waxes are usually "American Cheese" yellow, and tend to have a greasy feel when set.

    If you can, find a local beekeeper. Chances are you can find out some people they sell raw beeswax to, and possibly buy some good stuff for yourself. 

    Ive also found that real, pure beeswax tends to be less expensive than the doctored stuff! 

  2. On 4/27/2019 at 9:11 AM, CandleRush said:

    I liked the burger and the detailS!

     An Adult Content label would work though! That’s just me!

     

    To be fair, I did write about there being a penis and apologized for any offense in the original post. People have the option to continue to look at the pictures.

    Also, as it is art, and not pornography, it is not "adult content." Half the world has one, plenty who don't want one. Get over it.

  3. I've been working in polymer clay more and more and having a blast doing it!

    Here's my two latest works.

    The first is a Cockatrice statuette. The scales and feathers were all applied individually. 

    The second is a light cover sculpted to look like the spell book from Hocus Pocus! Each stitch was individually placed and I tried to make it as detailed and like the movie version as mich as possible, down to the fingers on the spine (with individual finger nails!

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  4. @Laura C

    I've considered dying the beeswax before, but since the wax is natural I dont want to introduce any of those dyes used for soy or paraffin. They would mask the natural beeswax scent, especially since my candles are pretty small. 

    Using "natural" dyes is a crap shoot. They are way more expensive, plus you have to compensate for the natural color of the wax. 

    Too much work for too little return in my opinion.

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  5. I'm coming up on 5 hours of burning so far, and it's still going strong!

    I designed the candle to actually tunnel a bit so it gets that "glow" to the face of the skull, but I might just test out some larger wick sizes and see what happens.

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  6. 18 hours ago, Laura C said:

    I like the smell of beeswax but I have only made a few beeswax blend container candles. I need to add molded beeswax candles on my To Do List.

     

    The first time I started playing around with beeswax I wasn't a fan. The smell of the melted wax in the pot was so overpowering to me. Needless to say, it's grown on me!

    I've completely stopped working with molded paraffin (and I was never really fond of soy), and just focus on the beeswax now. Of course, it can get a little pricey, but what candle making hobby doesn't?

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  7. It took me long enough to make one, but now it's here! My original design beeswax skull candle!

    I'm currently burn testing it, but I'm going to hazard a guess of 4.5 - 5 hours.

    It weighs in a just under 1.7 ounces.

    I love how much burn time you can get from such a small amount of beeswax!

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  8. I'm taking my sculpting even further and really getting into some detail. 

    This little guy is around 4" tall and took me about a week (off and on) to sculpt out of polymer clay. This is the same stuff I use to sculpt the originals for my beeswax candles.

    I finished it off with some acrylic paints and there you go.

    There's all kinds of polymer clay out there, but I generally stick to two types: Sculpey and Sculpey firm. The snails body and the grass and rocks is made from the original Sculpey (generally called Beige Sculpey because of the color; not a very imaginative bunch, I'll admit), and then I use the Firm for stuff that's really detailed, like the shell. Yeah. Every single line on that shell was sculpted in by me. It sucked.

    ***Adult/Biology Warning***

    Also, throwing it out there, I try to go as detailed as I possibly can. That means I spent a little time studying these things. That said, if you look to the bottom right of the shell you'll see a couple of holes. Snails actually have those! The top hole is the nose, essentially. The bottom hole is the... poopy hole. Brings new meaning to "smells like crap."

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  9. Back again to show off my latest original design beeswax candle: Santa Muerte.

    She's weighing in at almost 2.25 ounces, stands  about 4" tall, and I'm currently doing some burn testing so we'll see where that lies. I'm guessing somewhere between 8-10 hours, hopefully closer to 10.

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  10. Just now, MTMade said:

    You created the molds yourself?? Truly a work of art! Love them

     

    I did! A little bit of Googling, a couple of orders from Amazon, and I was molding. It's actually not all that difficult, just frustrating and costly when a design doesn't pan out.

  11. This time around I opted to go a little more odd, maybe a little less cute. 

    As before I sculpted all of these out of clay, made silicone molds, and made some lovely beeswax candles!

    The cheeseburger is burning 5.75 hours at 1.76 oz. The penis is just over 1.5 oz and has a burn time of around 2.5 hours.The baby doll head is about 2 oz, but I'm still currently testing it; I'm currently at 4 hours and it's not even halfway down.

    Apologies if anyone is offended by the second candle but you gotta admit, that's just funny!

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  12. I've continued to work on my sculpting and original candle making, and my latest piece here is a 2.39 ounce all natural beeswax Poison Apple?

    Just over 2.5" tall to the top of the stem, testing has been in the 10 hours range.

    After some more testing is complete I intend to add these to my etsy shop, along with a couple of my older original beeswax candles and various artworks.

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  13. 1 hour ago, kandlekrazy said:

    OMG yes, I can see why candle making wasn't enough to fulfill your talent.  They are all amazing.

     

    Don't get me wrong: I still enjoy making some candles. I'm getting ready to try some more detailed designs for my silicone candle molds. But I think I am moving further from the candles and more toward just sculpting.

    We'll see what happens!

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  14. It's kind of sad to say, but candle making isn't holding my interest as much as it once was. As soon as I started sculpting my own candles, well, I just kept sculpting!

    Here's a small sample of what I've been up to.

    Also, for the record, the pipes are just the canvases for some of these pieces. They are not meant to be smoked from, and I warn people before they buy that if I ever see one has been smoked from I'll smack them!

    Also also, the last one is still a work in progress, but it's really close!

    Enjoy! 

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  15. I'm a little late to this conversation, but what the hey?

    Like @Candybee says, different waxes will have different strengths with different fragrances. I generally have a poor HT with paraffin when compared to soy, but one of the main reasons I use paraffin is because of the bright colors you can get.

    My paraffin candles are usually animals and such, so the cold throw is more important on those. But if I want a good hot throw I have to have some soy.

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