Learn how to roll beeswax candles in our easy Candle Rolling Workshop
Why waste money on mass produced candles made with chemicals and chemically derived fragrances when you can create these beautiful hand rolled beeswax candles in our super easy, fun, and no mess workshop?
Our Hand Rolled Candle Workshop includes a box of beeswax rolling sheets and accompanying candle rolling supplies shipped right to your door. As soon as you have supplies in hand, log in to your digital online workshop and be amazed at the variety of candle designs we cover in the workshop.
About this workshop
Learn the art of hand rolling beeswax candles in this online workshop using one of our craft supply boxes. Explore this beautiful craft using only the warmth of your own hands. No mess or fuss involved. It’s as simple as rolling fragrant beeswax sheets around a wick. Heather O’Shaughnessy leads this workshop and will teach you how to handle beeswax sheets, measure and cut, decorate and customize. She will guide you through a wide range of candle shapes, sizes, and embellishments to make with our kit. The possibilities are infinite as we learn to make pillar candles, candle swirls, tapered, beehive, votive and even birthday candles! This is definitely an “All ages” craft for the whole family.
This is a self paced class. Meaning that you can pause and resume at any time, and access it 24/7 with your password protected member account.
This workshop includes:
A detailed digital workshop
A craft supply box delivered to your door with supplies to create 10 -20 beeswax candles
Written instructions included to accompany the video tutorial
Craft supplies included in your Art box:
Six beeswax sheets
Five yards braided cotton wicking, size 1/0
Two yards braided cotton wicking, size #2
written instructions
Materials to have at home:
Hairdryer
Cutting mat or large piece of cardboard
Ruler
Pizza cutter or exacto knife
Did you know this fact about Beeswax?
Beeswax was introduced to candle making as an alternative to tallow in the middle ages. Beeswax candles burn brighter longer, cleaner with less smoke, and they were fragrant and much preferred over the acrid smell of tallow candles.
However, beeswax candles were always extremely expensive in the Middle Ages, and got more so throughout the period as deforestation in most of Europe reduced the bee population. By the high Middle Ages, a pound of beeswax candles could cost over two days’ wages, which meant that beeswax candles were used almost exclusively by the upper classes and the Church in Europe during this time. All candles were made by dipping until the 1400's, when a French inventor introduced molds for taper candles.
Meet your instructor, Heather
Heather O’Shaughnessy is the founder of The School of the Forgotten Arts and a lifelong artist. One of her areas of expertise just happens to be beeswax. As a sculptor and a history geek, her introduction to working with beeswax came through the study of the art of wax portraiture, a 16th century art form that haunted the shelves of cabinets of Curiosity across Europe. Through wax portraiture, she discovered wax flower modelling, a lost Victorian parlour art, and the forgotten art that sparked the idea for The School of The Forgotten Arts. “Wax candle rolling seemed to be the perfect addition to our workshops and subjects of study. It’s just super easy and fun and you can achieve a really lovely result every time. Working with beeswax is a tactile and fully immersive experience. It’s fragrant and workable, and best of all, almost anyone can participate in some way.”
What you'll learn in this workshop
Curious about our candle Rolling Workshop? Once you receive your box of candle craft supplies, you're ready to go! Log in to “The School of the Forgotten Arts” website and access your workshop, which will include:
Module 1: A little bit of history.
A short overview of hand rolling beeswax and the history of beeswax foundation sheets.
Module 2: Opening your box!
We will go over all the supplies included in your candle rolling box.
Module 3: Safety first:
We will go over some simple safety precautions and tips
Module 4
How to handle beeswax sheets and wicks for easy rolling, and how to measure and cut your beeswax sheets
Module 5: Let’s roll!
In this action module, we start with a simple roll of a pillar candle
Module 6
We expand on the pillar and try tapers and votives
Module 7
We get small with happy birthday candles, a fun project for little hands
Module 8
We start to get fancy with twists and swirls
Module 9
Beehives and Floaters
Module 10
Decorating, customizing and gifting
