Beautifully decorative and a source of wonder and delight, thesestunning, unique candles area creative joy to make. Dippedand colored like a rainbow,shaped into flowers andfoods, and decorated withstencils, stamps, and paints,each one is work of art.

Foreword

History

CANDLES

Materials

Equipment

Precautions and wisdom

Candle racks

Priming the wicks

DIPPED CANDLES

Simple tapers

Step-by-step

Rainbow tapers

Step-by-step

Twist candles

Snake candles

Multi-wick tapers

BEESWAX CANDLES

Straight and tapered candles

Flower candles

Bull's-eye candles and lanterns

Bull's-eye candles

Beeswax lanterns

Sunflower candles

MOLDED CANDLES

Basic skills and techniques

Pillar candles

Plain pillar candles

Striped pillar candles

Horizontally striped candles

Diagonally striped candles

Chunk candles

Ice-sculpted candles

Granite and marble candles

Candles made in rubber molds

Candles made in plastic molds

Ball candles

CONTAINER CANDLES

Step-by-step

Candles in terra-cotta pots

Sand candles

Floating candles

Chocolate candles

Ice cream candles

Calla lily candles

DECORATED CANDLES

Gold candles

Hand-painted candles

Stenciled candles

Stamped candles

Cut and curled candles

Carved candles

Shaker candles

Mosaic-tile candles

Candles for keeping time

Outdoor torches

Candle shades

Step-by-step

ARTISTIC CANDLES

M.U.M. candles

Graziani candles

Millefiori candles

Point a la Ligne

Ines de la Fressange

Afterword

Troubleshooting

GLOSSARY

Lighting and extinguishing candles

Index