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candle or art?
Sal Home Studio
To be clear, the pleasure of a sculptural candle is quite different from the pleasure of a regular candle. For starters, the candles are made from unscented wax, so they’re not going to fill my apartment with fragrance. And of course, once they’ve melted away, they don’t even leave behind an Instagrammable empty glass jar to store Q-tips in. But therein lies the beauty of the sculptural candle: it’s an objet d’art, a tchotchke, and a spectacle, all in one. Sure, some of them are purchased to be permanent apartment décor. But I also keep a few on hand as purely ephemeral totems.
I keep them only for as long as I care to look at them and then, once I’ve had my fill, I light them on fire while humming burn, baby, burn (preferably while I’m entertaining guests who can ooh and aah as the mini sculptures melt and warp and drip into slightly deformed versions of themselves). While I tend to obsessively research, invest in, and preserve every item I buy, there’s something wonderfully carefree about buying something with the sole intention of eventually destroying it. Besides, there’s always a new candle to be bought, beheld, and burned.
By Dominique Pariso for The Strategist 2019.
Acknowledgement of Country
Bow and Sparrow would like to acknowledge that our business is held on the traditional lands of the Ngunnawal People, whose cultures and customs have nurtured, and continue to nurture, the lands and waters since Dreamtime. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.