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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Foreword
- History
- CANDLES:
- Materials
- Equipment
- Precautions and wisdom
- Candle racks
- Priming the wicks
- DIPPED CANDLES:
- Simple tapers
- Step-by-step
- Rainbow tapers
- Step-by-step
- Twist Candles
- Snake candles
- Multi-wick tapers
- BEESWAX CANDLES:
- Straight and tapered candles
- Flower candles
- Bull's-eye candles and lanterns
- Bull's-eye candles
- Beeswax lanterns
- Sunflower candles
- MOLDED CANDLES:
- Basic skilss and techniques
- Pillar candles
- Plain Pillar candles
- Striped pillar candles
- Horizontally striped candles
- Diagonally striped candles
- Chunk candles
- Ice-sculpted candles
- Granite and marble candles
- Candles made in rubber molds
- Candles made in plastic molds
- Ball candles
- CONTAINER CANDLES:
- Step-by-step
- Candles in terra-cotta pots
- Sand candles
- Floating candles
- Chocolate candles
- Ice cream candles
- Calla lily candles
- DECORATED CANDLES:
- Gold candles
- Hand-painted candles
- Stenciled candles
- Stamped candles
- Cut and curled candles
- Carved candles
- Shaker candles
- Mosaic-tile candles
- Candles for keeping time
- Outdoor torches
- Candle shades
- Step-by-step
- ARTISTIC CANDLES:
- M.U.M. candles
- Graziani candles
- Millefiori candles
- Point á la Ligne
- Inés de la Fressange
- Afterword
- Troubleshooting
- GLOSSARY
- Lighting and extinguishing candles
- Index
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Title: Great Candles
Author: Stewart D'Arcy Hyder
Format/Publication Date: TPB:2000
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co., NY
Page Count: 144
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11 1/4" x 8 3/4"
ISBN: 0-8069-5811-1
SUMMARY- You get a whirlwind tour of a LOT of techniques, lavish photography, and a really neat introduction to some of the more famous European commercial candle manufacturers near the back.
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