VanillaSniffie Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 a lady asked me if I made splitter candles. I am assuming they are layered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetMel2008 Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Not sure. You didn't ask her to clarify? If she is the one asking about them I would assume she would know what they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinDucky Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Maybe like Yin and Yang? Or cybersix's zigzag? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanillaSniffie Posted February 17, 2008 Author Share Posted February 17, 2008 Nope. Didn't ask her to clarify. Thought I would look into it. Big mistake that was.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetMel2008 Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Just go back to her and tell her you found nothing on the candles and ask her to explain more. Is this a customer of yours? Just tell her you'd like to find out more and ask for more information. Let me know. I am curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sag_77 Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Not sure if this is right and now that i am looking I can't find a picture. If it is the ones I am thinking of they are pillars that burn down the center and the outside edges actually fold outwards and roll down the outside instead if tunneling. So as I think it was put where I found them once burnt each pile of left over wax is its own unique piece of art.:rolleyes2 HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Not sure if this is right and now that i am looking I can't find a picture. If it is the ones I am thinking of they are pillars that burn down the center and the outside edges actually fold outwards and roll down the outside instead if tunneling. So as I think it was put where I found them once burnt each pile of left over wax is its own unique piece of art.:rolleyes2 HTHI was thinking the same thing and a few of us have tried to recreate that look I never succeeded but other might have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vio Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Wow that sounds pretty cool. Curious to see a picture of one done right to see what it looks like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen B Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 OK I knew what everyone was talking about and I finally found it. http://www.abcandle.com/candles.htm I believe they call them blooming candles. After spending years getting my candles to burn as perfectly as possible, who knew letting a candle bulge and split could look so nice. (that is supposed to be a compliment)Karen B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam W Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 These are called Angel Wings or Foliating Candles and NO, they aren't mine. I do some on occasion but they aren't this pretty...I haven't found any wax that is clear like this. Haven't heard them referred to as splitters so probably not the same thing.Karen: you're faster them me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizbizzyb Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 you guys posted the same thing...lolbut those are pretty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen B Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 These are called Angel Wings or Foliating Candles and NO, they aren't mine. I do some on occasion but they aren't this pretty...I haven't found any wax that is clear like this. Haven't heard them referred to as splitters so probably not the same thing.Karen: you're faster them me!!Hey Pam I don't know if this phrase works for posting but great minds think a like. Karen B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donita Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Here's another website:http://www.kerzenkiste.de/kerzenmacherinfo-englisch/Making_candles/Danish_blossom_candles/danish_blossom_candles.html The best way I found to make them is to under wick them. After you burn then for a few hours then you can coax the wax and form the curls. A lot of people don't like these but they are unusual. I remember the 60's....yes I am one who DOES actually remember the 60's.....just about everyone did that to their candles. We all thought it was so cool. That is when the cut and carve candles became very popular too. Hippies were all about trippy candles. DonitaMy star candles looked very cool when they did this on their own. Donitaps.....There are other pictures posted on this board. There is a company that advertised in one of my wholesale catalogs when I had a retail business. They had a name like Amazing Blooming Candles....I just can't remember but I am sure someone out here does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donita Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 I just saw Karen's reply pop up. That's the one I was thinking about. Donitaps.....I also remember that we loved them scented with Frangipani.....ah....the good old days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen B Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Here's another website:http://www.kerzenkiste.de/kerzenmacherinfo-englisch/Making_candles/Danish_blossom_candles/danish_blossom_candles.html The best way I found to make them is to under wick them. After you burn then for a few hours then you can coax the wax and form the curls. A lot of people don't like these but they are unusual. I remember the 60's....yes I am one who DOES actually remember the 60's.....just about everyone did that to their candles. We all thought it was so cool. That is when the cut and carve candles became very popular too. Hippies were all about trippy candles. DonitaMy star candles looked very cool when they did this on their own. Donitaps.....There are other pictures posted on this board. There is a company that advertised in one of my wholesale catalogs when I had a retail business. They had a name like Amazing Blooming Candles....I just can't remember but I am sure someone out here does.A ha, thanks for that link Donita. That explains a whole lot. I know with my heart candles I under wick them because I haven't been able to find a way to change the laws of physics and make my melt pool into a heart shape. If left alone and no coaching is done the walls will start to bend into the flame. But that link made things more clear to me, hmmm I see an experiment in the near future.edited to add **I'm not old enough to remember the 60's. (lol)Karen B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jojo T. Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Ah, the sixties - those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end - I loved the sixties and remember them well too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 Pawz Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I've read about them in old candle books from the 70's , i think they called them "folliating candles" then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donita Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Ah, the sixties - those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end - I loved the sixties and remember them well too.I know JoJo.....I just want to "sing in the sunshine".....bon fires and guitars on the beach. I didn't have to "wish they all could be California girls".......I was one (smile).....now I am an old one making candles in the mountains. I can see the lake from my window, but it isn't the same as the ocean. Maybe that's why I have made thousands of sea shell candles and candles scented with Ocean scents. One of my sisters taught me how to "foliate" a candle at her house. I remember that day. I can't remember yesterday but for some reason I remember her having an orange candle and showing me how to carefully bend the edges over. We thought it was so coooooool .......Donita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debscent Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 a lady asked me if I made splitter candles. I am assuming they are layered.You did tell her that you didn't make them, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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