Ironing Candles

C A N D L E S  &  P A P E R

After my first candle experiments, I wanted to look into more artists. For my data I am looking at collections, and when using these birthday candles it reminded me of how Becky Adams looks at memories and things from the past. To me one of my greatest memories was always birthdays and the smell of candles being blown out. This then links into my collections data as Becky Adams collects and uses snippets of information relating to memories. 

Using this inspiration I then decided to iron candles onto a combination of fabric and newspaper print. I used this because I have found that after looking at her work she uses text and I thought id like to try this too in my own way. 

I think these samples are quite successful because I find them interesting to look, mainly because of how the wax sets on different surfaces. On the fabric it looks opaque but on the newspaper its almost transparent.

This image is of the back of the fabric, I really like the way the wax blobs.