aishajoy

Hmm, I hadn't thought of using polymer clay. That would be like making your own candle containers. You could really get some awesome designs doing that. BTW, my experiment that I thought was going to work didn't work at all. :undecided I guess I'll move on from that idea and quit being obsessed. I would like to try making some hurricane candles though because I love that concept of leaves and other natural elements in the outside. Another day, another candle (or more!) A'isha

Well, I think I came up with something, but I need to figure out what kind of wax to use. I tried it just with regular wax. You all mentioning pouring it out to roll around a pillar candle. So I put aluminum foil on a cookie sheet. Then I used little pieces of rolled up aluminum foil and taped that to the aluminum. Then, one more sheet of aluminum foil on top of that and pushed it down to get the ridges all in shape. I also folded up the edges so wax wouldn't drip all over. Then I poured about 1/4 inch of wax in that and it definitely has the right texture. I could probably play around with wire or drips of soldering wire instead of rolled aluminum. Also I'd like to figure out a way to do that in teh mold so i don't have to roll the wax around a candle. I'll still play around with that idea. For now this works, but I need more info on wax. What kind of wax is normally used for hurricane shells? Somewhere I saw an additive listed that can raise the melt point even more, but I don't remember what it is. I'll search around and see if I can find that out. Thanks everyone for so many ideas. I'm really glad I found this forum. I have so much to learn. A'isha

Fabulous idea! I've never done the sheet of wax that you roll on but I saw it online somewhere. I'm melting wax now, so we'll see how it goes. A'isha

Yes Angie, those are the ones. I didn't remember the rules regarding links, so didn't want to add it. Bernadette, those do sound awesome. I'm sure it has something to do with making hurricane shells, but what kind of wax is the major question. With the ones you're talking about could they actually cut the design out of the shell? Or maybe there's some sort of insert that you put on the edges of the inside of the mold when you pour the wax and then when you remove them the design is there. I don't know, I've been racking my brain for weeks on this whole concept and am still quite confused. I think there must be a way for the texture in the ones in the link Angie posted to just "automatically" appear during the cooling process. I even tried to use a little heated hobby tool (like for woodburning and soldering) to draw the lines in, but then the wax just drips off and looks ugly. I think something like that would be too time consuming for that company to make a lot at once anyway, so isn't very feasible. I think today's mission is to try different things until I get this darn thing right. It's become an obsession now. Sorry, long winded. A'isha

I haven't come across anything in the gallery here. I found lots of others that inspired me though. I did remember the name of the place that sells them, bullfrogcandles.com. I haven't figured out how to add a picture of it, but they have one at their website under pillars then textured and satin ribbon. I don't think the picture they have there really shows the texture, but hopefully it's enough. It was really cool in a dark room. I really want to figure out how to make these. I'm open to suggestions of things I could try. I don't know much about the various additives that you can use and what their effect on the candles is, so maybe it's something I need to add??? I'm at a loss. Thanks, A'isha

I bought some candles at a store going out of business so can't go back for more. I've been trying to figure out how to make them but can't seem to get it right. It was one color on the outside and a white center. The outside was maybe 1/4 inch- 1/2 inch thick, kind of like a hurricane shell. It was rustic in a sense, but not mottled like when you do a cold pour. It had all these grooves and dimples in it and when you burn it, the light shines through those crevices. They're simply beautiful! I wish I had taken a picture when I still had the candles. Does anyone know what I'm talking about and how to make those? Sorry if I use the wrong terms--I'm a candle newbie. A'isha