Many of the 'towers' collapsed dramatically, leaving some incredible forms

Final sculpture after burning the wicks. The solid wax 'towers' acted as huge candles, with wax pooling onto the base

Finished piece before melting

In order to melt the wax, wicks were placed into the cast pieces by cutting small grooves into them, placing the wicks in these grooves and painting a layer of melted wax to cover them

For the base, holes were drilled and then chiseled to fit the square dowels protruding from the bottom of the cast wax 'skyscrapers' to fix them in place

The solid wax pieces are removed from the cast, and the dowel and mesh cut down to size

In order to give the wax structure, a wooden dowel wrapped in wire mesh was placed in the cast with the wax solidifying around it

Experimenting with combining several techniques in one sculpture - casting and painting wax onto wire mesh.

Wooden casts for the melted wax to be poured in