Mei-Mei Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Whew what a day! I poured some palm pillars (luckily on a plate) and came in to find all the molds leaking. Yikes. I tried for the first time to do some layered palms, and they aren't bad, though not perfect. The wax doesn't even look like palm wax; they look more like rustics. It's really hard not to get an overpour. You can see I did that a lot on the cube. Anyway, here they are.p.s. This is the first pic I've posted to Candletech, so be gentle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candlewitch Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 I like the round one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandelion garden Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Cool colors. Are they scented? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celicagtca Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 The colours really do compliment one another, but I bet they were a PITA to do. You did a great job on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mei-Mei Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 Cool colors. Are they scented?They aren't scented. I was just experimenting and wanted to see how they would come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenniejr Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 I really like the color combo! Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaybee23 Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Very pretty color combo on those, nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella1952 Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Oh, WOW!! I think those look GREAT!! I am not sure I know what the definition of a "rustic" is... I generally work in other media and I have come to treasure the look of hand-crafted items. I don't want to make candles that are absulutely flawless and perfect - there are machines to make things like that. I like human, natural looking things. An artist friend of mine made a remark once that really stuck with me... she said "The beauty is in the flaw."When pouring layers, depending on the temp of the wax being poured, the layer it is poured on top of, etc., the wax can appear like crystals all the way to absolutely hard, smooth opaque areas. I love that look! Overpours are part of the charm of layered candles and can produce interesting effects that I like.I hope you WILL do this again... and again... and again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaW Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Love the color combo and I like the way they came out. Totally agree with Stella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajl Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 They came out really nice, especially the round one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspencreek Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 I like both of them. The colors are a lot of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin'Hot Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 I know what you mean about palm wax and over pour! I actually watch the wax cooling so I can repour right away to try to avoid it! Very time consuming! But I love what you've done here! Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justme Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Those look really great.. nice colors.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donita Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 They still came out very pretty. I can see how long it took to do all of those layers.....time wise I guess you should sell them for $200 each....lol....Donita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtngrl Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 They aren't scented. I was just experimenting and wanted to see how they would come out. I'm with you on that strategy ... it totally sucks to make a candle that includes FO only to decide later it's going back in the pot. There have been enough times that the reheated FO makes me feel like I'm breathing particulate matter. I decided to go back to basics while working on technique. FO will come later ... like when they make a palm that has decent hot throw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella1952 Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 FO will come later ... like when they make a palm that has decent hot throw. The palm I get from JBN has a good hot throw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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