The Handmade Candle [Hardcover]

Alison Jenkins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2001

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.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com 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.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 80 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (April 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580173535
• ISBN-13: 978-1580173537
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 9.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,452,876 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Alison Jenkins trained in fashion design before turning to a career in styling. She is a specialist in home crafts and interiors and a regular contributor to magazines such as Interiors and Country Homes. She lives in London, England.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book and full of great ideas, January 14, 2002

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R. K. Miske (Monument, co USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Handmade Candle (Hardcover)

Not only is this book beautifully photographed, but it is full of helpful, detailed information. Some of the candle books I have contain outdate and old-fashioned looking projects, but this book has projects full of contemporary candles and great design ideas.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good basic book, January 16, 2012

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Suzan Elichaa (falmouth maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Handmade Candle (Hardcover)

Nice projects, up to date, but simple. Good basic book--I knew nothing about candle making so it was helpful. I wished there was more "why" in addition to the "how to". I did find when I was reading the what-to-do-when-it-goes-wrong section in the back that some of my "why" questions were answered.
I bought this used for about $5 and it was worth it--but not the list price over $20.
The book was written in about 2003 so it does not cover soy waxes and the new products on the market.