So I admit, firstly I'm not really here for candle community so much as to learn a thing or two about technical aspects of the craft.
I've been inspired by the artist Petah Coyne to make a few sculptures that use wax and candles as a main ingredient, but I've hit a few pitfalls. work sort of like whats displayed on her gallery is sort of what I'm going for
Microchrystalline sculpting wax for candles/ Dye questions
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So I admit, firstly I'm not really here for candle community so much as to learn a thing or two about technical aspects of the craft.
I've been inspired by the artist Petah Coyne to make a few sculptures that use wax and candles as a main ingredient, but I've hit a few pitfalls. work sort of like whats displayed on her gallery is sort of what I'm going for
http://www.galerielelong.com/artists/
I got a bunch of dark red microchrystalline wax for free that i want to use, but I need it black. (the sort of thing i found is here: http://www.sculpt.com/catalog_98/Wax/Micro.htm)
what sort of dye should i use on this kind of wax?
can I make this dark red wax actually black?
what is candle dye made up of actually?
if i cant get what I need out of what I have, I need a stiff black wax to melt over a bunch of stuff, what combination of wax/dye should i use?