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We use intact stoneware vessels suitable for candles. Cracked or chipped jars are never filled or refilled. We clean and dry each one before it is filled.
About the studio
A small studio in an old weaving town.
Ottilie Brannagh pours every Fernhollow candle by hand in Studio 3, Weaver's Arches, Sallowmere. The studio began at a kitchen table and moved to the arches when the candles outgrew it.
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The studio
Weaving sheds, now workshops.
Sallowmere’s weaving sheds closed a generation ago. The arches they left behind are now a row of small workshops, and Studio 3 is the one with the arched window and the wax pot on the stove.
We pour in small batches through the week, so each scent is poured fresh and nothing sits on a shelf for months.
The wax
Soy and rapeseed, blended by hand.
Soy gives a soft, even burn and an even scent as it burns. Rapeseed holds its shape in a warm room, so the candle keeps its form summer and winter. We blend the two in the studio, and every wick is cotton, cut to suit the jar it sits in.
The vessels
Reclaimed stoneware, each jar a little different.
Glaze in warm tones
Moss, ochre, sea-blue and an oatmeal drip. Glaze varies from jar to jar, so the glaze on your jar may differ a little from the picture.
Made to be kept
A stoneware jar is heavy, heat-holding and built for a second life as a pen pot or a bowl, once the candle has burned down.
Refills
Ask about refilling your Fernhollow jar.
- Stop burning with at least 10 mm of wax remaining. Let the jar cool completely.
- Clean the jar. Once cool, wipe it dry with a paper towel. Follow the cleaning instructions supplied with your candle.
- Email the studio before bringing a jar for a refill. We will confirm the price, then you bring it to Studio 3 on a Saturday, 10:00 to 14:00. We check the jar and refill it with the scent you choose.
One refill per jar. The jar must be a Fernhollow stoneware vessel.
The maker
Ottilie Brannagh
Ottilie pours every candle and writes the scent notes herself. If a scent is not right, she is the person who says so and holds the batch back until it is.
