International Art & Soul, a challenge which has been put together to incorporate any type of craft, paper, wood, flowers, recycling, glass - the world is your oyster :). Come on over an join us with you artwork :)
Challenge #80
No Focal Image
This fortnights challenge 'No Focal Image' has been chosen by Josephine.
I really pondered over this challenge, a card, a piece of pyrography or what. In the end I opted to decorate one of my battery operated candles, more an experiment than anything else :) I was curious how Alcohol Inks would work on the wax surface and I have to say I love the end result, at night this candle really comes alive with and something I think I will be doing again in the future. This candle is just for me so I am not worried about one issue that it has and that is how easy the ink scratches off, think I will give it a blast of some spray varnish to seal in future projects but a bit late for this one as I have already attached the black lace sections. The ink was applied using a small sponge dipped in the ink and then dabbed onto the candle and I used red, orange and yellow to build up the effect.
I am entering this candle in the following challenges : -
No Focal Image
This fortnights challenge 'No Focal Image' has been chosen by Josephine.
I really pondered over this challenge, a card, a piece of pyrography or what. In the end I opted to decorate one of my battery operated candles, more an experiment than anything else :) I was curious how Alcohol Inks would work on the wax surface and I have to say I love the end result, at night this candle really comes alive with and something I think I will be doing again in the future. This candle is just for me so I am not worried about one issue that it has and that is how easy the ink scratches off, think I will give it a blast of some spray varnish to seal in future projects but a bit late for this one as I have already attached the black lace sections. The ink was applied using a small sponge dipped in the ink and then dabbed onto the candle and I used red, orange and yellow to build up the effect.
I am entering this candle in the following challenges : -
This candle is so pretty. I might do mine in beachy colors. Thanks for the inspiration.
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Chriss
What a fabulous idea - and a lovely result. I've never got in to alcohol inks - one of the few things I've resisted the temptation of, but this might change that!
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