Spine candle help?
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Cadeus
Sr Member
If you are only making one, why cast at all? If you warm the wax it will become malleable enough to sculpt into any form you like. I would rough out all the vertebrae from the base up, working the wick in as you go, and once you have the basic form you can carve and add wax as needed to finalize the shapes. A quick go-over with a heat gun would soften any rough areas and then you have it. It sounds like a fun project... I hope you will post pics of the finale. Good luck! 
You can add Stearin or Stearic acid, it comes in a powder form, to melted candle wax to make it harder.
I think raw candle wax is just paraffin and Stearic acid.
Try asking on some of the candle making forums they probably have tons of ideas on how to do it.
Also check with local crafts shops. They usually have candle making classes.
Off the top of my head make the spine disks with Sclupy, harden it in an oven.
Make a silicone mold of those parts then pour in the melted candle wax. Hold it together with a bent wire going through the middle or
if your going to really burn it use a heat gun and extra wax to melt the parts together.
*note I have no idea if that will work so experiment first.
I think raw candle wax is just paraffin and Stearic acid.
Try asking on some of the candle making forums they probably have tons of ideas on how to do it.
Also check with local crafts shops. They usually have candle making classes.
Off the top of my head make the spine disks with Sclupy, harden it in an oven.
Make a silicone mold of those parts then pour in the melted candle wax. Hold it together with a bent wire going through the middle or
if your going to really burn it use a heat gun and extra wax to melt the parts together.
*note I have no idea if that will work so experiment first.
rbeach84
Sr Member
If it wasn't for the spines, a plaster mold would work (properly sealed of course.) Perhaps you could make a stack mold (essentially a series of 2-part molds) that would allow you to pour the candle in pieces, then assemble it as a stack, with a hole for the wick drilled out as you go (so the wick would have the curve and stay centered the entire length.) If you incorporate a hole and plug 'socket' feature in the pieces, then it will be much sturdier during assembly. The fact it is a spine sculpture helps since visible 'joints' are desired.
In short, mold the vertebrae individually and assemble like a real spine!
Regards, Robert
In short, mold the vertebrae individually and assemble like a real spine!
Regards, Robert
