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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1: Candlemaking as History
- Table of Candle Events
- Bayberry Candles
- 2: How to make a Structurally Sound Candle
- The Wick
- Wax
- Melting Wax
- Solvents for Wax and Melting Point Range
- Coloring for Wax Candles
- Novelty Color Effects
- Perfuming the Wax
- Casting or Molding
- Types of Molds
- Separators for Molds
- Primer of Chemical Candle
- Additives
- Inserting the Wicking
- Wax Measurement
- Pouring the Wax
- Cooling and Removal from the Mold
- Another Sound Candle Wax Formula
- Dipping and Pouring
- Health Hazard
- Making the Basic Candle
- Candle Clinic
- 3: Candle Designing
- Types of Candles and Decoration
- The Candle as Wax
- Candles That Defy Good Design Principles
- Exceptions
- Evaluating Good and Bad Design
- The Candleholder
- Styles
- A Primer of Good Design Techniques
- Form
- Surface
- Color
- Organization of Elements
- Housekeeping and the Candle
- Wick Maintenance
- The Candle
- Candleholders
- Candle Use
- 4: Finishing and Ornamenting
- "Waxless" Decorations Using
- Other Purpose Materials
- The Decoupage Effect
- Encaustic Painting
- Melted Crayon
- Rub'n Buff Waxy Coating
- Gold/Silver Leafing
- Stencil and Spray
- Sealing Wax and Seal
- Candle Carving
- Texturing with Heated Instruments
- Use of Water
- Pinched Designs
- Marbling
- Decorating with Wax
- Brushed Wax Texturing
- Dripping Texture
- Mask-coating
- Engraving
- Decorative Patterns with Molding Wax
- Whipped Wax
- Decorations Using Wax Sheet
- Decorating with Cast Wax
- Ornaments
- 5: Making Molds for Candles
- Commercial Metal Molds
- Commercial Plastic Molds
- Flexible Molds
- Rigid Plastic Molds
- Commercial Glass Molds
- Found Mold Forms
- Improvised Molds
- How To Use Paper Product Molds
- How to Use Metal Modls Such as Jello Molds
- Eggshells as Molds
- Mud and Sand as Molds
- Small Ornaments Carved From Plaster
- Plaster Bandage Molds
- Casting in Plaster Molds
- Making Flexible Plastic Blanket MOlds
- Making RTV Silicone Molds
- Making Two-Part Molds
- Kinds of Mold Materials for Mold-making
- 6: Unusual Candles From Unusual Techniques
- Internal Variations make the Candle
- Hurricane Candle-Refill
- Concept
- Pouring Layers
- Corrugated Texture
- Foil Candles
- Chunk or Cube Candle
- Ice Candle
- Cupcake Candle
- shell Types
- Shell Halves and Hurricane
- Types
- Balloon Types
- The Candle Is Its Shape
- Sand Cast Candles
- Layered Candles
- Braided Candles
- Flower Candles
- Beeswax Rainbow Swirl Candles
- Wax Fantasy Candles
- Miscellaneous
- Aggregates
- Outside Wick
- A Gallery of Beautiful Candle Forms
- 7: The Candleholder Is the Candle
- Filling of a Candle Container
- Photographs of Various Kinds of Candle Containers
- 8: The Candle Environment- Some Scenes From a Candle's Life
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Sources of Supply
- INDEX