Ceramic - Pottery Dictionary

by Susan Mussi

CANDLE

ca: ESPELMA

es: VELA

Candle is a round, long, slender pole of wax with an embedded wick right through the center length wise. When the wick is lit, the wax controls its spreading. Used in the past for lighting up rooms and now for decorating and emergencies. An ordinary household candle can be melted down and the wax used for resist decorating.

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