CANDLE WAX SCULPTURE
Paraffin wax is a basic ingredient in candle making besides from bees wax. Paraffin wax are melted and formed in candle molds for various shapes. These are the candles essential in wax sculpture.
Philippine historians claim that during the childhood of the Philippine national hero Jose Protacio Alonzo Mercado Rizal Y Rialonda, some of his sculptures was made out of candle wax.
The advantage of candle wax as a carving material is its texture. Carving a wax is much convenient than wood carving and way easier than stone carving. Chisels and mallets are not as needed when in sculpting figures out of it.
None the less, wax figures may develop some deformities when subjected to heat. Even an indirect sunlight alone can soften and melt it until it looses its shape.
