Melting crayons to make art has been a trending project in the past three or four years, or maybe that just When I started to pay attention to it. Using melted wax to make designs or art is not a new technique to say the leases. There are artists who have been using them to design decorative eggs for centuries at least.
In the first video below Chloe from ChloeRoseArt tests the Crayola crayon melter, the child safe hot glue gun saver of the crayon art world which was recently released. I have actually looked into getting this new “tool" or “toy" however you would rather reference it; however, until they come out with a cordless version I am probably not going to add it to my art supply collection.
Melting CRAYONS INTO ART?! The COOLEST pen EVER! www.youtube.com
In the video featured below the Eastern European tradition of Pysanka is explained and demonstrated to viewers. Pysanka Uses a hot wax pen to draw designs on to Easter eggs. When you type Pysanka egg into a google search one of the first videos that pops up is an explanation of the cultural history and folk tale of how it all began. This “how to video" also pops up. I first saw a Pysanka artist decorating eggs on Facebook, and to be honest you could probably use the crayon melter to create your own.
TUTORIAL How to Pysanka | Pisanka wielkanocna malowana woskiem | Traditional polish Easter egg www.youtube.com
I find it interesting to see how the medium has developed over time and how the different types of wax create such drastically different results, or perhaps the difference is in the pen itself. With my vast crayon collection slowly shrinking, I highly doubt that I am going to attempt any of these methods any time soon. I am much more likely at this point to use a heat gun or hair dryer if I decide I do actually want to melt my precious crayons.
