Yesterday I cut a piece of tissue paper to size and used hot glue to stick the flowers to the tissue, creating the scene I wanted to have on the candle in advance so I'd be all ready for today. Everything went really well as the tissue placed and fit into the mold nicely and seemed to hold shape prior to pouring the wax.
However the end result was not as expected as the tissue had curled in on itself where the ends were to meet, taking the flowers away from the front of the mold like i wanted and setting them further into the wax. Also in parts it seemed to not allow the wax into the front of the tissue, so the flowers are exposed which is not what I wanted either. There's also air pockets in the wax creating bubbles, and the tissue paper has rippled under the surface of the wax creating a frustratingly ugly texture to the wax.
I think I made an error in technique and should've put the wax into the mold first (and definitely need to have a hot mold, that helps a lot, which I didn't do this time), and then place the tissue into the wax that way. A bit disappointed to be honest, but shows that using this technique has the potential to look the way I want it to, I just need to correct my errors.
This photo shows how the paper curled under, and took the
flowers into the wax and away from the surface. Also created a dip in
the wax on the surface which is not what I wanted.
And a photo of it lit, best I can considering it's still daylight.
More practice needed with this technique!
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