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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Candlemaking techniques
- How a candle works
- Candlemaking equipment
- Candlemaking materials
- The dipping process
- Making wax tapers
- Making branch candles by the dipping process
- The pouring process
- Making branch candles by the 'pouring' process
- Rolling a candle-
Casting a sheet of wax
- The casting process
- Candle moulds
- Making a candle in a wine glass
- Making a candle in a cup
- Making a striped candle in a tin
- Making a mosaic candle in a glass tumbler
- Making a two-tone multiwick candle in a tin
- Making a candle with slanting stripes in a bottle
- Making a spherical candle in a plaster mould
- Making a conical candle in a cardboard mould
- Making a candle in a metal jelly mould
- Making figurine candles
- Decorative effects
- International suppliers of candlemaking materials
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Title: Introducing Candlemaking
Author: Paul Collins
Format/Publication Date: HC:1972
Publisher: BT Batsford Ltd., London
Page Count: 96
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 8 1/4" x 8 1/4"
ISBN: 0713424338
SUMMARY- You get succinct explanations of how a candle functions and the various basic methods for creating them. There are a few color plates scattered throughout showing examples of the author's work. It covers the basics pretty well, and goes over a few of the more advanced techniques - there aren't any illustrations to go with the text other than the color plates of the finished candles.
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