A Short Introduction to Candle Making
Candle making is mostly know as a hobby, but has also a potential as a home based business. For starters it is a relatively inexpensive and not difficult hobby. The basics are simple indeed: a candle is a piece of wax wrapped around a wick that provides a slow and stable burning flame… that’s it! It remains a fun and highly rewarding hobby however and can evolve from a craft to an art form, with a practically endless creative potential.
Candle making covers a wide range of techniques. In this short introduction to candle making we can only briefly mention them. As candle making is an ancient craft, you have both traditional and modern techniques available. The earliest candles were made of animal fats or beeswax. The development of paraffin in our industrial age revolutionized candle making. It is easy now to make a smoke free and long burning candle for a very cheap price.
You can experiment with all kinds of techniques (moulding, dipping, etc.) and develop them further according to your own creativity to make unusual, unique or even stunning candles.
There is available a palette of different waxes, molds, colours and scents which will produce an endless array of unique and beautiful candles of different types (tea lights, pillar candles, etc.). You can start by making candles with pure beeswax or pure paraffin. You can then blend the two waxes and experiment further. Or you can use different specialty waxes to produce special effects or long burning times.
Candles are used to create a romantic ambiance or a peaceful and relaxing effect. Candles are an important part of home decoration.
And you can make a nice income of it, even if you sell your home made candles locally. It all starts as your friends or family stand inline for your custom-made candles and you end up considering to start a part-time business. Keep this in mind if you create unique versions of candles that people can’t find in stores.
Discover candle making as an easy and fun hobby that can evolve in a creative art or a craft with potential for a profitable home based business.
