Using Smoke to Paint...

This idea I picked up one some website a long time ago (i think it was a WikiHow)- and never thought about it until i had to do an artmaking project and i was trying to do anything except paint. So i experimented with a small tea light and a peice of paper- it worked but it was that great- the flame was too small, the paper was too weak and difficult to handle. I used it in one artmaking project, which I probably post up here next post (im still backlogging ideas and projects).

Two ideas changed the project into something awesome:
-making use of an oil candle i had build in ceramics that had been a failed project at the time. It was failed because I did not create any mechanism to seperate the flame from the oil reserves, so the flame got too big and let off ALOT of smoke, which doesnt work as a nice little oil candle. However, it does work for this project, which needs smoke.
-I gessoed a peice of cardboard to use a canvas and tried it for this idea and it was also a success- 1) because the gesso doesnt burn as quickly (it would probably take a while to burn it) and 2) because its easier to hold the cardboard over the flame, move it however i want- really use like a canvas.
------interesting idea- this is like painting where the paintbrush stays still and the canvas moves- but its 3d because the canvas must move on more than 2 axises because the angle at which the flame hits the board changes the final product totally.
-things to note: -must use fixative when youare done or you can easily brush away the smokemarks. (i was lucky enough to find someone with a whole bottle that they didnt need)
-also, you can't do this indoors because theres alot of smoke, but outdoors the wind makes it difficult to control the marks- must use in isolated outdoor area, or foundry/metal shop.

Possible ideas:
-try smoke on glass- this has cool potential. Especially on glass of a glass coffee table. Maybe do it on the underside of glass table.
another idea:- do it on glass table, and then spray paint white over it, then flip the glass over and it might look awesome.
-or, do smokemarks one side and paint the otherside, then use smoke-side up.
-should try these ideas soon.