For my first henna candle, I made a Tenth Anniversary gift for some friends. They really loved it! The three roses represent their family: the parents and their child.

I found it a bit trickier to apply the henna to the wax and handle the “art in the round” than applying it to wooden shapes and canvases. The henna paste takes longer to set up on the wax as well. Overall it’s pretty delicate and best to pick up or hold the candle on the wax areas and not touch the henna. Also, there’s no protective topcoat to help stick on the henna paste.

My friends want to keep it for the artwork and not burn it. I encouraged them to go ahead and burn it eventually. It’s a candle after all, functional art. Then they realized they still have a candle from when they were married (it’s sculptural, of two figures together.) So they decided to burn that one first, and burn this one by their 20th Anniversary. I wish them many candlelit evenings!

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