At least my candle is.
There is a great little candle shop at 326 S Main St, Breckenridge, CO. Their stock in trade are these really cool globe shaped candles that have designs carved into the layers of different colors of wax that have been built up on the candle.
A great friend of mine brought me a candle from there with a fish skeleton carved into it because it reminded him of the Pirana Brothers logo. It reminds me of that too, as well as how cool it is to have friends that think of you even when they are on vacation.
I was in that shop in Breckenridge recently and my kids recommended that I have them do my T3 logo in a candle. Great idea!!
Sam (the girl carving candles in the work area) pulled up my web site to get my logo and we discussed colors and such for a bit. When working with commissioned pieces (even if it is a candle) I really want the artist to have the freedom to put themselves into the piece, so I try not to give too much direction.
Sam did not end up carving my candle, Sarah did. Sarah E. Bott is a Colorado Native and local artist who works in oils on wood and canvas. She did a great job rendering the T3 in this very unique medium.
I like the way she let the lines of the “T” fall onto the globe and didn’t try to force the right angles or make everything perpendicular (which would have been difficult to do on a sphere and would have looked terrible). She also decided to outline the orange “T” with white which really created an extra dimension to the piece. Overall, she kept it simple which is really at the heart of the primary design itself.
If you find yourself in Breckenridge I highly recommend that you pay the wonderful people at Global Candles a visit. If you can’t find something you like among the thousands of candles on the shelves, you can always see if Sam or Sarah will create something unique for you. I did.