Candles & Candlemaking

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Explains the process used to create candles based mostly on an 18th century illustrati on of candle-mak ing.

How to make candles using the poured or dipped methods and modern tools.

Period lighting. Lamps, candles, torches.

Philip Stubbes started writing around 1581 producing small tracts in which he sharply denounced the manners, pastimes, fashions and culture in England. His major work, The Anatomie of Abuses, was first published in 1583.

P hilip Stubbes had a gift for keen observatio n. Although his comments should not be considered to reveal mainstream thought or opinions of the time, (even his contempora ries thought him extreme) his virulent attacks on the abuses in fashion and English society provide us with a detailed, colorful and picturesqu e glimpse into the England of Shakespear e's youth.

Spoons, Ligulae, and Forks; Lamps and Candlesticks; Steelyards, Balances, and Measures; Bells; Objects Used in Games; Spindles, Needles, and Netting-tools; Strigils; Oculists' Stamps; Writing Appliances and Seal Boxes

Includes a method of rendering fat into tallow.