This snow day project was to create a votive candle holder out of ice. This was a difficult task because in my Italian family, all our leftovers are frozen for later use. Meaning there’s never enough space for anything extra. And here I was trying to freeze ice between two cups. 
To make the cups freeze water into a shape, I used tape to hold one of the cups halfway into the other in the very center.
To make the candle holder's ice extremely clear, I double boiled the water to remove all impurities. Then after a few hours in the freezer I poured out half of the still unfrozen water, to get some air bubbles into the ice and to make it have an H shape instead of a U shape. That way, It would take less time to freeze, and it would be reversible. In the below video I have a candle in the part of the cup that I forced bubbles into for the design, and a tomato sitting on the counter underneath to show how clear the ice is in case you wanted to flip it over and use it the other way.
To make the candle holder's ice extremely clear, I double boiled the water to remove all impurities. Then after a few hours in the freezer I poured out half of the still unfrozen water, to get some air bubbles into the ice and to make it have an H shape instead of a U shape. That way, It would take less time to freeze, and it would be reversible. In the below video I have a candle in the part of the cup that I forced bubbles into for the design, and a tomato sitting on the counter underneath to show how clear the ice is in case you wanted to flip it over and use it the other way.
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