Ice light

[Shaolin]

Made one of these and am most pleased with it:



Heard a bloke on the radio describe them, it's a Finnish tradition apparently.

Put a bucket of water outside for 3 days, then turn it upside down and remove the bucket. When I did this I was left with a block of ice about 4" thick on top and walls of around 2" thick, the bottom was ice-free being sat on the ground. The water drains out of the open space, turn back the right way up on top of a candle and you have an ice-light. It has been much admired by one and all, so I now have another couple of buckets worth getting cold outside.

I propped it on two bits of wood to let air get to the flame so it burns properly.

[Z4monster]

That's really cool! No Really it is Bloody Freezing!

Well done with that, it looks great. Wonder how long it will last with the candle heat.

[zax]

Pretty good! Here's mine:



...although they freeze in about 4 hours here Try adding food colouring to the water and see how it turns out!