Saturday, April 22, 2017

PSA: Candle-carving videos are the absolute best way to waste time on the internet

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How It's Made is the best show on television, and that's an objective fact. Fine, it's subjective, but my opinion remains the same. It's the (very safe-for-work) r/powerwashingporn of television in that it's boring, but comforting. 

I credit it with leading me to my number one favorite way to waste time on the internet: candle carving videos.

While perusing ripped How It's Made clips on YouTube one night in 2015, I came across one of that highlighted the old craft of decorative, carved candles. In the clip, a skilled candlemaker turns a blob of warm wax into the kind of candle you might find in a display case in your aunt's living room. In just a few minutes, the carver carves ribbons of wax, a teeny windmill, flowers and birds. She even forms the leftover wax into candle shaped like a mushroom! It's delightful!  Read more...

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