Craft beautiful hand-dipped candles made of beeswax as a special gift that people will cherish. These tips will get you started. If you’re looking to do something fun, practical, and educational for ...

“Beekeeper’s Lab” by Kim Lehman provides 52 fun projects for beekeepers to make for their bees and using products from the hive. This excerpt shows how to make candles out of beeswax. You can purchase ...

KINGSTON, N.Y.— Hill Valley Candles at 55 N. Front St. specializes in hand-dipped candles, many made in store and even offers candle-dipping classes. On a recent afternoon, owner Paul Rakov was ...

On a chilly December afternoon, a vat of molten beeswax heated inside a water-jacketed tank, smelling slightly of honey, while candles stood on trays ready to be packed in boxes. In the next room, ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The making of hand-carved candles is extremely beautiful to watch. The candles are dipped into liquid wax to build up layers of colour. The melted wax temperature is ...

In the late 1970s, Erik Laustsen was a recent college grad working an unsatisfying job in upstate New York. Longing to do something creative, he traveled to the village of Karlebo, Denmark, where he ...