In recognition of having no classes today, I wanted to try something new. I like pushing myself to try new things, whether they seem odd or scary or pointless, and this was something I have seen quite a bit lately. Melting crayons on canvas is apparently the new big "thing," and it looked interesting so I decided to try it. I've usually only seen it done like this:
(via http://dayanatuna.tumblr.com/)
I wanted to try it so the dripping patterns were flowing outward instead of in one direction so I did. but I ran into a few problems.
1) Hairdryers are very unpredictable when it comes to crayon-melting patterns. I couldn't very well control which crayons would melt, and because the hairdryer was so big (in comparison to a crayon,) I couldn't simply melt one crayon at time. In pointing the hairdryer at one crayon, the heat would mainly hit the surrounding crayons, which led me to my next unexpected problem.
2) The crayons splattered. In the photo of crayon melting I put on here from Dayanatuna's tumblr, the crayons are melting in a beautifully smooth, almost controlled manner. HAHA no. This didn't happen with me. The hairdryer I used had two settings, high and low, and while "high" sent melted crayon splattering all over the bathroom (apologies to my roommate for our newly colored bathroom, I'll clean that up soon,) "low" didn't put out enough heat to melt the crayon. I had to flicker between high and low to melt the crayon, then try and lightly push it in the direction I wanted it to go.
Overall it was fun. I love the texture and the flow, and my next test will be to figure out how to solve the two above problems. It was a fun monday, I would love it if you could let me know what you think of the idea/ how it turned out.
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