Eeeee! I loved this, Isabel. I think what's especially beautiful about this is your emphasis of hands actually. Your hands literally connect you to the present environment, to the pace of actual reality, and the natural coherence of your body. How could creating with your hands be anything but recharging? :)
Winter is great when you don't expect it to be Summer! I do have a slow/low period every November adjusting to the short days/time change, and last year's was particularly long because of a personal lesson I needed to learn plus it got very cold very early. Almost never snows here in October. But, I got through it and am enjoying the long nights with some leatherworking and other projects.
‘Winter is great when you don’t expect it to be summer’ is EXACTLY it. Thank you for articulating that. Hope you’re enjoying the cozy long nights and those projects and crafts continue to bring you joy :)
I really appreciated this writing. This is my first Christmas in a while where I'm not traveling, and I'm already enjoying the slowing down, and wrapping up the seemingly endless list of tasks that come after moving a few months ago. Repotting plants, siliconing the toilet, learning how to solve a rubik's cube, this sort of thing. I might try and make some deserts for the first time
You pour it into a container, when liquid (heat it from solid), or heat it while solid inside a container, then take it off the heat. Be sure the container tolerates the heat. It takes a few minutes before it turns solid after you made it liquid, giving you time to work after you take it off of the heat, with bees wax that I used.
Then while liquid, soak the wick you made till it is filled some with the liquid. Hold it up and it air dries quickly. then put the wick with bottom down into the liquid. If you want it to stand easily so you must not hold it yourself and it is better for when the candle is close to finishing its burn medium, then you can pull the wick through a bottom stand before applying the liquid to it.
I use a metal piece with a small hole in, from a tea light, but you can use a metal lid that you make a hole in. Be sure the container is heat usable, although most of the heat stays in the center, not all of it does. After the mass is solid again, you crafted your candle.
Creatism celebrates intentional creation through slow, deliberate practice. Making things with our hands is an act of resistance against the pace of digital consumption.
Eeeee! I loved this, Isabel. I think what's especially beautiful about this is your emphasis of hands actually. Your hands literally connect you to the present environment, to the pace of actual reality, and the natural coherence of your body. How could creating with your hands be anything but recharging? :)
Winter is great when you don't expect it to be Summer! I do have a slow/low period every November adjusting to the short days/time change, and last year's was particularly long because of a personal lesson I needed to learn plus it got very cold very early. Almost never snows here in October. But, I got through it and am enjoying the long nights with some leatherworking and other projects.
‘Winter is great when you don’t expect it to be summer’ is EXACTLY it. Thank you for articulating that. Hope you’re enjoying the cozy long nights and those projects and crafts continue to bring you joy :)
Needed this. Felt low in energy for the past week, but it turns out my body just wanted rest. Thank you!
I really appreciated this writing. This is my first Christmas in a while where I'm not traveling, and I'm already enjoying the slowing down, and wrapping up the seemingly endless list of tasks that come after moving a few months ago. Repotting plants, siliconing the toilet, learning how to solve a rubik's cube, this sort of thing. I might try and make some deserts for the first time
I made wax candles.
I’ve always wanted to! What was the process was like for you?
You pour it into a container, when liquid (heat it from solid), or heat it while solid inside a container, then take it off the heat. Be sure the container tolerates the heat. It takes a few minutes before it turns solid after you made it liquid, giving you time to work after you take it off of the heat, with bees wax that I used.
Then while liquid, soak the wick you made till it is filled some with the liquid. Hold it up and it air dries quickly. then put the wick with bottom down into the liquid. If you want it to stand easily so you must not hold it yourself and it is better for when the candle is close to finishing its burn medium, then you can pull the wick through a bottom stand before applying the liquid to it.
I use a metal piece with a small hole in, from a tea light, but you can use a metal lid that you make a hole in. Be sure the container is heat usable, although most of the heat stays in the center, not all of it does. After the mass is solid again, you crafted your candle.
What I really wanted to say, was "enjoyable", but there you have the craft recipe in abbreviated form.
Much appreciated, love the detail - congrats on making something beautiful with your hands :)
https://substack.com/@thegoldenera/note/c-188820986
Creatism celebrates intentional creation through slow, deliberate practice. Making things with our hands is an act of resistance against the pace of digital consumption.
Highly recommend shop craft as soulcraft it you haven't read it already, hits many of the same points