Candle Making
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How to Make Candles
Here you'll find lots of good articles and links on How to Make Candles - some of them so easy - I'll have to make some candles myself!
History of Candle Making
When man first discovered how to use fire to cook with, he began to notice that the fat dripping into the fire caused it to burn brighter. With a little deductive reasoning man probably realized that he could use this animal fat to light his dwelling. The first 'candles' were probably nothing more than flaming lumps of animal fat. The candle probably evolved from wood, rushes, or cords dipped in fat.
More Candle History
Candle making is an age old craft and they have have come a long way since their earliest known times from around the fourth century B.C.
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Early Candles
Necessity is the mother of invention and early candles sometimes took rather bizarre forms to utilize available resources. Like civilization, candles have also evolved and many of the early candles bear little resemblance to those we use today. The use of, and improvements to candles has paralleled mankind's ascent from the stone age.
