Hand-dipped candles
Dip a wick into warm wax again and again until a pair of taper candles takes shape.
What you do
The oldest way of making candles is also one of the most soothing. You hang a wick and dip it into a pot of warm wax, often beeswax or a plant wax, then let it cool and dip it again. Layer by layer the taper grows, and the host shows you how to keep it straight, add layers of colour or twist and plait the warm wax into something decorative. It is slow, rhythmic and surprisingly meditative.
What you take home
A pair or a bundle of taper candles, ready for the dinner table.
Who it suits
Wellbeing sessions, festive gatherings and anyone who enjoys a slow, rhythmic craft. Best for smaller groups, usually at the studio.
The practical bits
- Duration:1.5–2.5 hours
- Public sessions:usually 6–14 people
- Private and team sessions:from 6 people. Bigger teams get more tables, sessions or hosts.
- Where:usually at the host's studio, kitchen or workshop
- Drinks:works without alcohol
- Good for:Christmas partiesWellbeing weeksDate nightsBirthdays
This is an activity format, not a specific class. Tell us your city and date and we find a host who runs it, with real dates and a per-person price.
Where you can book this
Pick a city to ask for it there. Not listed? Any city in the world works: tell us where you are and we find the host.
Europe
- 丹麥哥本哈根
- 比利時布魯日布魯塞爾安特衛普根特
- 西班牙巴塞隆拿馬拉加馬德里塞維利亞聖華德斯皮
- 希臘雅典
- 法國巴黎尼斯安納西艾克斯普羅旺斯里昂里爾拉格朗德莫特波爾多南特馬賽基爾希海姆斯特拉斯堡雷恩圖盧茲蒙彼利埃
- 英國巴斯比尤德利主教斯托福卡迪夫布里斯托布萊頓列斯米爾頓凱恩斯伯明翰利物浦杰勒茲克羅斯科爾切斯特倫敦格拉斯哥特倫特河畔伯頓紐卡素索利赫爾曼寧特里曼徹斯特勞特沃斯普利茅斯萊頓巴扎德愛丁堡溫徹斯特福克斯通錫菲爾德濱海利薩弗倫沃爾登羅斯林AshfordBedfordBollingtonChudleighCirencesterClitheroeEast WitteringFrodshamHigh WycombeHuddersfieldLechladeLonghopeLoughtonMinsterleyMoreton-in-MarshMursleyNorthamptonUrmstonWarwickWirksworthWorthing
- 捷克布拉格
- 荷蘭艾恩德霍芬阿姆斯特丹哈勒姆格羅寧根海牙烏特勒支鹿特丹萊頓
- 奧地利維也納
- 意大利巴里巴勒莫比薩布雷西亞米蘭佛羅倫斯坎波達爾塞戈那不勒斯威尼斯特雷維索都靈博洛尼亞聖拉扎羅-迪薩維納維羅納熱那亞羅馬
- 愛爾蘭沙納加里科克格蘭多爾格蘭邁爾馬克魯姆基拉尼基爾肯尼都柏林
- 瑞典斯德哥爾摩
- 葡萄牙卡斯凱什布拉加吉馬良斯里斯本波爾圖阿爾馬達阿維羅科英布拉塔維拉維拉多康德維塞烏豐沙爾
- 德國比森塔爾柏林普拉內格慕尼黑
North America
Oceania
Typical prices
- Typically ≈ US$66-74 pp in 倫敦
Middle half of per-person prices across classes we have researched there, shown in your currency (≈). Your quote depends on the host, date and group.
