Raquel Lowry
'Hermitage-Molly' is my little craft company that creates natural soya wax candles that are themed with the colours and scents of the natural outdoors.
Q&A
Artist Statement
Hand poured 100% natural soya candles. Using nature as my inspiration, i recreate an outdoor fragerance and color palatte eg..starry night or sea swim. |
What craft do you work with?
I always have candles in my home and decided to see if I could create my own. I am always inspired by nature and the outdoors so it seemed a good fit for my candles to be themed around natural product. Soya wax enables me to do this. |
What inspires you to work with this craft?
I always have candles in my home and decided to see if I could create my own. I am always inspired by nature and the outdoors so it seemed a good fit for my candles to be themed around natural product. Soya wax enables me to do this. |
How do you start your creative process?
I see somthing in the garden, on the beach or or anywhere really. The idea of bringing that experience into ones home with a colour & fragerance themed candle is what starts the process. The scent then is developed and then the colors. I love this point of the process. The develop.ent The idea. Seeing the candle come together as I imagioned is a highlight. The more difficult aspects are of course technical difficulties or when the colours or wax doesnt behave as normal! |
How would you best describe your workspace and what tools could you not do without?
I work in an annex off my kitchen. I adore it. I could not do without my wax melting jugs. My spatulas and candle wick stabilisers. |
Are there new techniques you would like to try?
Yes, I’m excited to start pillar candles next week as I have been only using island glass jars so that is going to be a new technique. |
What have you learnt or the best advice you have received that you would like to share with fellow crafters?
My advice would be to believe in your craft and yourself. Celebrate every little encoraging success. My dream collaberation would be with Home Decor and Skincare. My professional dream would be to bring ‘Hermitage-Molly’ Candles into millions of homes all over the world. |
Media & Contact
Representation
Freelancing: Raquel Lowry
Contact
Email: rac_lowry@yahoo.com
References
Instagram: hermitagemolly
Facebook: Hermitage-Molly
Photography credit
Tempation Media
Location
Carlow, Ireland