The Handmade Candle - Hardcover

Jenkins, Alison

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1580173535 ISBN 13: 9781580173537

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC, 2001

Synopsis

The irresistible charm of a flickering flame makes the candle a universally popular choice for mood lighting. Handmade candles make stylish and beautiful accessories, and they are inexpensive and fun to create. The craft of making your own candles is enjoying a revival, and candlemakers now have access to a vast array of wax products, molds, and decorative materials with which to experiment.

THE HANDMADE CANDLE includes clear and simple instructions for making designer candles at home for a fraction of the retail cost. Choose from a wealth of creative ideas from simple rolled beeswax candles to iced, frosted, and textured effects to fabulous embossing and embedding designs. With a useful section on basic techniques, special effects, equipment, and additions, crafters can either make the projects as they are or use them as a source of inspiration and adapt them as they desire. Whatever your level of candlemaking interest, experience, or expertise, THE HANDMADE CANDLE will fill you with enthusiasm and fill your home with candlelight.

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Review:

Luscious colors and bold geometric shapes are the hallmarks of designer Alison Jenkins's elegant candles, and she shares her expertise in creating them in this book. Magnificent photographs and excellent instructions explore molded, beeswax, gel, ice, embossed, frosted, embedded, and scented varieties, including stately bamboo-shaped tapers, an imposing Mark Rothko-inspired rectangle, soothing Zen stones, and a flashy number sporting iridescent glass nuggets. No one method receives highly in-depth coverage, but each is treated skillfully enough to give even novices a good grounding in the technique. A thorough introductory section details tools, materials, basic techniques, mold making, and special effects. Safety precautions, a troubleshooting guide, and a list of suppliers round out this terrific presentation. --Amy Handy

From the Inside Flap:

The irresistible charm of its flickering flame makes the candle a universally popular choice for mood lighting. Handmade candles also make stylish and beautiful accessories, and they are inexpensive and fun to create. Today, the craft of making your own candles is enjoying a revival, and candlemakers have access to a vast array of wax products, molds, and decorative materials with which to experiment. The projects in this book employ a range of simple techniques that will instruct and inspire you in the creation of beautiful, original candles to keep for pleasure or to give as gifts.

The Handmade Candle includes step-by-step instructions for making designer candles at home for a fraction of the retail cost. Choose from a wealth of creative ideas - from the simple method of making rolled beeswax candles to frosted, iced, and textured techniques to embossing and embedding designs.

With a useful section on basic techniques, special effects, equipment, and additions, you can choose to make the projects as they are or to use them as a source of inspiration and adapt them as desired.

Whatever your interest and level of expertise, The Handmade Candle will fill you with enthusiasm and fill your home with candlelight.

About this edition

• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1580173535
• ISBN 13: 9781580173537
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80