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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Introduction
  • GETTING STARTED:
    • Equipment, Materials, and Tools
    • Making a Core Candle
  • CANDLE CARVING BASICS:
    • Basic Cuts
    • Advanced Techniques
    • Sample Project: Scroll Candle
    • Mushrrom Candle
    • Equipment Maintenance and Safety Precautions
    • Troubleshooting
  • PROJECTS:
    • Column Candle
    • Bow-Tie Candle
    • Ribbons and Bows Candle
    • Rows of Bows Candle
    • Citrus Splash Candle
    • Double Layer with a Twist
    • Buttefly Candle
    • Twist Candle
    • Basket Weave Candle
    • Basket Weave with a Twist Candle
    • Heart Candle
    • Double-Bow Wedding Candle
    • Firecracker Candle
    • Layered Lyre Candle
    • Angel Candle
    • Delightful Decals
    • Lighthouse Candle
    • Nautical Candle
    • Bunny-in-a-Basket Candle
    • Taper Candle
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

Title: Cut & Carve Candles: Beautiful Candles to Dip, Carve, Twist & Curl
Author: Dana Marie Brooks
Format/Publication Date: TPB:2004
Publisher: Lark Books, Asheville, NC
Page Count: 96
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 10" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 1579904629

SUMMARY- I didn't know how much I had been wishing for a book just like this until I happened to run across it. It covers the many amazing effects you can get from carving a star candle that has been overdipped in different layers of colored wax. It's not a technique I ever experimented with. When I do, this is the book I'll read before proceeding. There is lush photography throughout and the instructions are clear and easy to read.