Small Candle Holder For Mini Tapers

If you're like me, you like to burn multiple candles during a candle session. I like to move them around at the start to make the arrangement more meaningful, so a compact holder was a must. I threw a mini taper holder on the pottery wheel that was just large and heavy enough to secure the base of my candles. The opening is roughly 1/2". I liked the slightly rounded pyramid shape so much I made a master mold of it so I can make more to share.  I either press mold or slip cast stoneware or porcelain to make these when I have spare time and room in the kiln to place a few more.

The base of the holder is roughly 1.25" wide, with an overall height of about 0.6". These are wide and hefty enough to hold a mini taper securely, but small enough to not overwhelm your space.  If you burn your candles somewhere drafty enough to force a drip, these will not contain the spill.

I glaze them in the most popular colors like white, matte black, denim, etc. and often try out new glaze combos on them.  When I stumble onto a new color that moves me I share them here first.

The holders are packaged in a cute little kraft paper folding box, so they are gift ready.

Given the nature of pottery clay and the hand made process, the sizes and colors vary slightly from holder to holder. I like to call them sisters, just not identical twins. When complete, every holder is as individual as you are. 

I make them using the age old process that begins with preparing "wet" clay.  It takes several days to dry the piece, then it is trimmed and smoothed by hand and put into a bisque firing with others in the series to magically change it to a more permanent piece of art.

The clays I use are fired twice. The first fire takes about 24 hours to heat to just over 1900* Farenheight, After about 24 hours the kiln is cool enough to open so I can apply my custom glazes. The second 24 hour firing process is to 2200*F to melt and set the glaze and fully cool, package and send to you or your special giftee.