PRACTICAL CANDLEMAKING

The art of making candles and creative displays

Gloria Nicol

• Over 40 easy-to-follow projects for making your own glorious candles and candle-holders, with step-by-step photography throughout.

• Inspirational ideas on how candles can be used and presented through the home to create a wonderful atmosphere, for all seasons and all occasions.

• Covers all the basic candle-making techniques including dipping, colouring, moulding, rolling and scenting candles plus more advanced techniques such as marbling, twisting, embossing, stencilling, and carving candle wax.

• Make your own candle-holders from simple terracotta candlepots to ethnic-style papier mache.

Flickering candles are one of the simplest and yet most magical ways of adding atmosphere to a scene. This inspiring book will help you to create your own candles and candle holders to illuminate your home and outdoor spaces.

Organized into three sections, Inspirational Candle Displays will open your eyes to the wonderful range of candles to choose from and how best to display them.

Section two, Candle Making, is a comprehensive guide to the highly rewarding and inexpensive craft of making candles.

The final section, Creative Candleholders, offers step-by-step projects to making innovative candle holders to complete your unique candle displays.

About the Author:

Gloria Nicol is a successful designer and stylist, photographer and craftsperson. After running the Homes department at Good Housekeepingmagazine for several years, she left to pursue a freelance career and contributes to many leading publications.