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Clarita's experiments

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C

Thank you very very much Mike :)
It's all wax, but because I'm not using candles with real fire any more and it's not dangerous, now I put a clear coat to finish and protect them better. I envy very much all the variety of resins you have to choose from. Here there are only polyester or epoxy and they aren't great anyway..

Thank you Benz! very glad you like it.

A
amate posted on Mon, Nov 4, 2013 9:20 AM

It's great to see you are still making things. Hope to see you around here more often.

B

Dear Clarita, I Hate to see you struggling so much carving wax. Have you ever tried jewelers carving wax? It is MUCH Harder than candle wax and SO MUCH Easier to carve than candle wax, (If that is what you Are carving?). This stuff comes in blocks and sheets and the sheetscan be melted together with an inexpensive solderring iron or wax gun. It finishes up with files or sandpaper like wood and can be polished with a liquid called waxbright also available on this site. Try it you might like it?
http://www.riogrande.com/Product/Matt-Green-Wax-Slice-Assortment/700514?Pos=29
Love'Ya

I bet that casts a beautiful glow in a room. Very cool!

C

Thanks amate, I know, I know, sorry :)

Benz uuhh nice stuff, yes I would love to try it!
but is not that a carve wax, a carve clay or epoxy sculpt and I'm fine with that, then a take a mould and make copies out of wax, no problem there.
Mike was asking if I use wax or resin for the girl, because with the right resin it would be a lot better, but that kind of resin doesn't exist here and it can't travel because it very unstable, that's what my resin distributor told me, but it's ok I managed for the wax to copy well enough so..
love ya too!

Thank you very much tikilongbeach!
yes these LED tea candles flicker like fire, and if you put them near a wall they cast the light in the shape of the flowers it has in the sides :)
I'll see if I can take pictures of that later and / or make a gif or a video..
Also they have little boxes too, I promise pictures of that soon.
Thanks again!


mundotiki

[ Edited by: Clarita 2013-11-04 12:47 ]

[ Edited by: Clarita 2013-11-04 13:14 ]

C

Aloha all, so I've got a little inspired
I give you Bamboo #16 "The Easter Connection"


All the best to you TCers.


mundotiki

[ Edited by: Clarita 2014-03-04 15:29 ]

Kool.....

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amate posted on Wed, Mar 5, 2014 7:55 AM

Very mystical and cosmic with the stars and all. Just the way I like them!

T

THAT is incredible. A very inspired work, Clarita.

C

Thanks hang10tiki!

amate Thank you very much, very glad you like it.

TheBigT I'm surprised myself, but it has been a long time since my inspiration visited me, so it was about time :) thank you!

Here some better pics for ya

B

Clarita, LOVE Seeing you inspired, Beautiful work, Don't Stop!

C

Thank you very very much chief.
I do like that one a lot, I always admired that your work is organic,
how everything flows. Maybe opposite to what I do the most, that is carving
very strait lines, in general... This one was trying to be more like you.
I was going for a free, natural, organic vibe to it..
Because somehow, I think that's more evolved or more real, or I don't know,
more connected to life and wise :)

And here is a little something more characteristic of me and my style,
a hollow candle version of one of my Bamboos,
another of my experiments sort of impossible to make right
(because you can't repair with this kind of wax, so you need a perfect copy
in the first try, almost impossible, specially with this design ) but fun to try :)

The protector of the sun




Aloha all!


mundotiki

[ Edited by: Clarita 2014-05-04 15:05 ]

Clarita it always nice to see new work from you!

C

The sun is nicely protected by your latest effort Clarita--nice to see your work
again. Great design.

C
cy posted on Mon, May 5, 2014 8:30 AM

Agreed, that tiki is a very cool design Clarita!

P

very cool!

Looks perfect to me! Looks especially cool lit up.

C

Thank you very much Atomic Tiki Punk, conga, cy, pjc5150 and MadDogMike.
Very glad you guys like it!

MadDogMike yes this ones look good enough, but after several failed ones,
specially because I'm using two colours, that's not very easy either,
Thanks the thing about this method, but one the bright side
you can re melt and re try all you want :)

B

WOW Clarita, Look at that Glow, Awesome works girl!!!

B

Absolutely LOVE your Protector of the sun, AWESOME Work girl!

awesome bamboo carve... the candle looks wonderful especially glowing. do you have a battery candle in there? I would hate to light it as I wouldn't want it to melt away

C

Thanks, thanks Benz! very glad you like him.
Hi Grand Poobah thank you very much. yes I use battery candles it's a lot more safe too.

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