Recycled Glass Candles
A bottle that already existed, cut into something new.
Every candle here comes from a liquor bottle — whiskey, gin, vodka, amaro, rum, sometimes wine — thick glass, cut and polished by hand into a shape that no longer looks like what it used to hold. No labels, no logos left on it; only someone who already knows the exact shape and colour of a particular bottle would recognize it. Wax is coconut, soy, or olive, poured by hand into whatever shape the glass came out as.
Whiskey, gin, vodka, rum, amaro — whatever bottle came through that week gets cut and polished until the origin disappears. Each one keeps the glass’s own curve and thickness, so the shape is never quite the same twice.
Recycled Liquor Bottle Candles
A bottle bars were going to throw away anyway.
Every candle here starts the same way: a liquor bottle, cut and polished by hand, standing in for the mould a regular candle jar would need. Both of us worked behind a bar before this — my partner still does — and that’s where the idea actually came from, not from a workshop or a course. Bars go through bottles fast, dozens a night, and most of what’s empty by closing time goes straight in the bin. He kept looking at that and thinking there had to be something better to do with it than throw it out.
So now there is. Bottles get collected instead of binned, cut down to size, the edges smoothed until there’s nothing sharp left, then filled with natural wax — coconut, soy, or olive — and a real scent, no shortcuts on either. Getting a candle right this way isn’t just pouring wax into glass; the glass has its own thickness and shape depending on what it used to hold, and the wick, the pour temperature, the cooling all have to work with that instead of against it. It took time to get consistent.
The upcycling part isn’t just a nice detail — it’s the actual point. Making one new glass bottle from raw materials takes roughly as much energy as running a kettle, an iron, or a vacuum cleaner continuously for several days. A candle made from a bottle that already existed skips all of that. Less waste out of the bar, less energy spent making something new, one candle at a time.
Black Candles
Two different things live under this name here: a black glass bottle holding white wax, and a black wax poured into clear glass. Both read as black from across the room; up close, they’re doing it in opposite ways.
Colored Glass & Wax
Glass comes clear, green, black, or brown, depending on the bottle. Wax comes in ruby pink, mint, black, or natural — sometimes matching the glass, sometimes not, since the two are chosen separately. Both ranges grow as new bottles and new wax colours come through.
Wooden Wick Candles
A wooden wick does one thing a cotton one doesn’t — it crackles as it burns, a small fireplace sound in a candle-sized package.
Wick crackles as it burns — a small fireplace sound coming out of a candle. Available in the current scents: Basil & Tomato, Green Tea & Tonic, and Million (floral).
Cotton Wick Candles
A cotton wick for a quieter burn — steady flame, no sound. Same scent range: Basil & Tomato, Green Tea & Tonic, Million.
Mini Candles
The smallest size in the range — a few centimetres across, made from the smaller bottles that come through. Good as a scent sampler before committing to a full-size candle, or as a small gift on its own.