Candle Making

Last Winter 2021, Dom and I became obsessed with candles and how to make them. He surprised me and went all out on collecting the gear: kilo of wax chips, scents, colours, moulds, jars and wicks. He had also sacrificed a whole space in one of our cupboards to accommodate, so I knew this would mean business. On a snowy day it felt perfect to stay in and ruin the kitchen! So we did just that.

I use to love candle making, I’d made them previously to raise money for exhibitions and events, though I had never done them professionally. We watched a few tutorials and read up on the art of candle making, but the quality of results definitely comes down to experience. There were a couple of problems to start out, such as keeping the candle lit and releasing the scent, but after trial and error, we found it was mostly down to patience. We were too eager to light the candles, usually moving them while setting and lighting them within a few hours of making them, so avoiding these tempting pokes and paying attention to temperatures have really improved the results.

Since it was getting towards Christmas, we thought we could them into gifts, so we went mad collecting old jars to make as many as possible. They went down a treat and we are thinking we may do this as a tradition.