Preparation:
- The room should be warm, without drafts, and work on a warm surface so the wax will cool more slowly. Place a towel, wooden board, or heating pad underneath if the countertop is cold.
- Pour the wax into a container, place it in a double boiler or wax melter (avoiding steam contact with the wax), and melt until liquid.
- Lay out the mat, clean it from dust, and coat it with vegetable oil (optional) if necessary.
- Prepare all the tools in front of you.
Wax Preparation:
- Add dye to the melted wax. The amount depends on the desired color. If you want a bright shade, use a well-pigmented dye, as adding excessive amounts can make the wax more brittle.
- Mix the wax well to dissolve the dye.
Manufacturing Process:
a) Pistil:
- Melt some wax and color it yellow
- Pour wax into the mold, having placed a wick (about 27 cm) in it first
- Let the wax harden, then remove the pistil from the mold
- Melt a new portion of wax and color it green
- Spread wax on the mat using a warm spoon and let it cool; at this stage, wax should not be hot or brittle but should remain warm and pliable (approximately 40 degrees)
- Cut a rectangle from wax that fits your wick size
- Wrap the wick in wax, forming the stem and trying to ensure wax layers are tightly pressed together; stem thickness should be 8-9 mm
- Melt some new wax and color it white; for flexibility, you can add 10-15% soft microcrystalline wax
- Spread some wax on the mat using a warm spoon and let it cool slightly
- Cut out a petal using a cutter or by hand
- Further technique depends on your preferences: you can create veins using a flat silicone veiner or the back of a knife, or skip veining altogether; petal shape can be formed using curved veiner or by hand
- Wrap stem in petal, smooth edges with fingers and scalpel; if petal has cooled by this time, you can reheat it using a heat gun or hot spoon
- Tint pistil using a mixture of yellow and orange liquid wax dyes; pistil can also be tinted before attaching petal
- Tint the edge and bottom of the petal with a mixture of yellow and green dyes, tint the joint with pure green dye, and stretch it over the stem. You can also tint the inside of the petal with a mixture of yellow and green.
Lily Calla
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In this lesson, we will make a calla lily
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What we will need to make:
1) Bleached beeswax
2) Silicone mat
3) Waxed wick
4) Kitchen thermometer
5) Wax melter or water bath containers
6) Dye
7) Stack with balls (bulka)
8) Spoon
9) Knife
10) Office knife (scalpel)
11) Needle or thick needle
12) Mold for the center
13) Ranunculus Cutter and Liner Set
14) Universal viner with a width of 5 cm or more
1) Bleached beeswax
2) Silicone mat
3) Waxed wick
4) Kitchen thermometer
5) Wax melter or water bath containers
6) Dye
7) Stack with balls (bulka)
8) Spoon
9) Knife
10) Office knife (scalpel)
11) Needle or thick needle
12) Mold for the center
13) Ranunculus Cutter and Liner Set
14) Universal viner with a width of 5 cm or more
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