The Journal

Craft

Small-batch candlemaking

Place

Knoxville & East Tennessee

Makers

Regional artisans & craftspeople

Notes

Correspondence
Studio Companions
Hero weighs fifty pounds and his tail clears a work table at exactly the wrong height. This matters when you're pouring hot wax six hours a day. It mattered more before I reorganized the studio around the reality that I don't work alone. Cooling racks moved to upper shelves. Fragrance bottles relocated to closed cabinets. The pour station now sits against the far wall where there's clearance for a dog who doesn't always remember his tail is attached to his body. He's a pit bull terrier, or pitty, which means... Read more...