Set alight an ancient tool, carefully crafted with modern sensibility.

Borrowing from traditional techniques, Floralia candles are originally sculpted luminaries made from responsibly sourced goat tallow and beeswax. They make an artful addition to home and ritual alike with old world ambiance.

The Hand of Glory

Folklore tells of a necromantic candle that can render its maker invisible, immobilize enemies, and unlock any barrier. Here, the grisly instrument is gracefully reimagined in pasture raised goat tallow and beeswax to illuminate less nefarious workings. This candle will burn cleanly and emit a faint scent of honey.

Lux mentis lux orbis

light of the mind, light of the world

Ancient Greek philosophers taught that light was the guiding force of human perception and intellect, a symbol of truth towards which reasoning gravitates. Styled after classical sculpture, this moulded candle evokes the image of a mind on fire. Burn it to focus (or quiet) your thoughts?

Botanical Tapers

Seasonality meets ceremony in these stately candlesticks. Hand dipped tapers are organically shaped, elegantly irregular. Each is uniquely gilded with dried garden flowers that highlight the colorful offerings of the growing season. Our beeswax and goat tallow formula burns cleanly for no less than 6 hours/candle. They are lightly scented with organic rosemary essential oil.

Source matters. Floralia candles are composed of two simple ingredients: beeswax and goat tallow. The beeswax comes from hives lovingly tended by the artist in her East Oakland home. The tallow is sourced from Northern California farms that utilize a 100% grass fed, rotational grazing program, nurturing both the livestock and the land. All candles are synthetic fragrance and dye free.

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Meet the maker

Victoria Bloedau is an artist, apiculturalist, and propagation manager based in the San Francisco Bay Area. As an agriculturalist, she draws artistic inspiration from her daily work with plants, animals, and insects. Her artwork explores the ties between the human body and natural world.