Craft & Handwork
Candle Making
Melt the wax, pour it into a mould, and keep the wick dead centre
A pot of wax, a wick and a container is the whole thing, and an evening yields several. Temperature decides almost everything: poured too hot it cracks, too cool it sinks, so a thermometer beats judgement. Fragrance has an upper limit, and past it the candle does not smell stronger, it smells acrid. Soy wax washes up easily and suits a first attempt.
First stepWith soy wax, one wick and a glass jar, pour one container candle using a thermometer, and wait overnight before lighting it.
Barriers
Cost to start
Under $50
Going deep → $300–2k
Alone or with people
On your own
Effort
Light
Without a teacher?
Self-taught
One session takes
1–2 hours
Where
At home
Why people take it up