Flow-forms in Caverns

Blue injection wax, Pink dental wax, Soot.

Waxen Clouds & Caverns

These are images of my recent play with wax.

They show examples of two very immediate techniques for working with wax: Water Casting and Dipping.

Water casting requires the maker to let go of the end result and allow the materials to take over most of the formation process. The experience is wonderfully liberating.

Dipping is done by melting a pot of wax and repeatedly immersing an object/form into the bath in order to build up layers of wax around it, creating a shell of wax. Almost anything can be dipped in this fashion, but a mouldable substance such as clay is superb, and gives the maker control over the shapes and forms being dipped and also the ability to remove the 'master shape' without destroying the wax.

Combining the two processes has yielded some very exiting results with lots of potential, but most importantly was also immensely FUN.