Dripped and Flamed Alcohol Ink Candle Holders

I found a couple of candle holders from the dollar store in my craft stash and decided it would be fun to do some flamed ink. I hadn't done a flamed project in a while, so I got out my inking supplies and got started.


I laid out my craft mats and some blue and green alcohol inks along with a sheet pan covered in tinfoil.


The craft mats are heat resistant and protect the table from ink. Then a place cork trivet under the sheet pan just in case it gets hot (it usually doesn't get too hot, but it does help make it easier to turn the tray so you can see all the sides of what you're inking). And then I put my sheet pan covered in foil (just to protect it from ink) on top. I clear out all of the rubbing alcohol and inks so they are far away from the flames.


I dripped various shades of green and blue down sides of the candle holder and immediately lit the line of ink of fire. The ink spread out, dried, and became a bit darker with the flames.


For some reason, this alcohol ink project was really hard to photograph. Most of my pictures came out blurry. My camera and my phone just didn't know what to focus on. I continued to ink with shades of blue and green on both of the candle holders and lit them on fire as I finished dripping a line. The flames were small for this project since I wasn't adding any additional rubbing alcohol and the flames could be nearly invisible (the photo above has a flame on the top/base of the candle holder) so I had to watch the ink move and dry to see where the flames where. Be careful not to add any more ink until it's done flaming. Also, watch for pooling under the rim. If there's too much ink there, it can catch on fire, too. I stopped a couple times to either soak up ink or light the ink on the tinfoil on fire so it wouldn't catch on fire while I was dripping ink.


I kept turning my candle holder and filling in the dripped lines until the candle holder was nearly completely covered in ink.


These turned out well, but ended up a bit boring. It might be fun to add some more colors or drip some ink horizontally, but I played it safe the candle holders are curved.
  

The blue and green turned out beautifully, and I look forward to lighting up some candles in them.



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