MASTER CLASS ON CREATING A CANDLE

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Candlesticking is another type of needlework that brings not only stunning “fruits”, but also gives a lot of pleasure. The final result of this wonderful process depends only on your patience and imagination.
Materials for candlelighting are quite accessible, and tools and containers for this fascinating hobby are always at hand, therefore, beginners should not have any difficulties.
So, today's master class will be devoted to creating a pink mirage air candle. Despite the apparent complexity of making a candle, the process of creating it takes no more than 30 minutes, taking into account the preparation of the material.

Materials and tools that will be required for work:

a candle or a ready-made paraffin mass;
dye (wax crayon) of the same color;
a container in which we will melt the wax;
a pan for a water bath;
wick;
form for filling candles;
ice cubes;
holder for the wick;
vegetable oil.

Getting started creating a candle

The very first stage, from which, in fact, we begin to create - we cut the finished candle into small neat pieces. Carefully cut the candle, avoid damage to the wick, in the future it will be used in the finished product.

We carefully chop the pieces of the candle: we cut it with a sharp knife or grind it on a coarse grater and put it in a container for melting. Fill the pan with water 1/4 of the volume and put on fire.

While the wax is warming up, let's take a dye. Take a wax crayon and a very finely chopped knife. Add the crushed wax crayon to the paraffin shavings and put the capacity for melting in a pan with boiled water.

We leave the wax with the dye to melt and proceed to the formation of the base of the Pink Mirage candle itself. We take the form into which the candle will be poured, and carefully lubricate it with vegetable oil, and then fix the wick in it. We lower it to the desired length in the mold, wind the excess cord onto the holder (it can be a pencil or a skewer) and fix it, for example, with a clothespin.

Now fill the form with ice cubes. If you want to get small and often repeated cavities on the surface of the candle, then fill the form with chopped ice. To do this, simply prune the ice cubes with a sharp knife. If the cavities on the surface of the candle should be large, fill the container with whole cubes.

It remains only to fill our ice base with hot colored wax. Very carefully, slowly pour the wax into the mold, making sure that there are no air cavities in it.

That's it, the candle is ready, leave it for 45-60 minutes to cool, and then drain the water that is in the form. Carefully, without removing the candles from the container, pour water over the edge and leave the candle for 4-6 hours for final solidification.

Then we release the wick, remove the holder and cut off the excess cord. Carefully remove the finished candle from the mold. That's it, our Pink Mirage candle is ready!