'The sentimentalist's candle'
My starting point for this project was the different pieces of melted wax that were left over after burning a candle. I started thinking about the memories each of these pieces represent. The act of using a candle holds a certain intimacy, festivity and warmth. Every conversation being held in candlelight had its own meaning, just like each piece of melted wax has its own kind of shape.
These kinds of moments are fleeting and intangible, unless we consider the candle wax to be a carrier of these emotions. I want to create a tool that can eternalise these emotions by experimenting with the way in which candle wax is guided during the melting process.
