Candle Workshop

gubbs · August 11, 2005

A couple of weeks ago my daughters and I visted a candle workshop in Cheshire, for a quid each you could make your own candles:

To save time they pre-prepare the wicks for you using racks

and dip them to this stage

At this point we take over, dipping in wax then cold water to build them up

Then choose your colours

and dip again

The guy in charge didn't trust us to twist :rolleyes so he did this bit for us

Bobs yer uncle, 4 candles!

Oh yeah! and then you have to have a chocolate shake and think about how you could have done it better

Click on the pics for exif

comments and critiqiues always welcomed :thumb

Andy · August 11, 2005

excellent series - compos, exposures, very creative use of dof, and your daughter is a gem.

and milkshakes!

MuskyDude · August 11, 2005

Excellent series Gubbs, very well done!

AJ

ehughes · August 11, 2005

Very cool Gubbs, but what the heck is a quid?????

Ed

4labs · August 11, 2005

I echo what everyone else has said so far. Great series Gubbs, I really enjoyed seeing these.

gluwater · August 11, 2005

I would have to agree with all the previous comments, especially about the DOF. It really made the shots even more interesting.

Nick

Sam · August 11, 2005

I just looked up "quid" in my handy dandy dictionary. The definition is: noun, piece of tobacco to be chewed.

Don't know what to think about a country where they want a chunk of chewing tobacco for a candle, but I know what to think about the photos! Top notch. The one of your daughter will be a real keepsake.

Sam

Andy · August 11, 2005

Sam wrote:

I just looked up "quid" in my handy dandy dictionary. The definition is: noun, piece of tobacco to be chewed.
Sam

quid:pound :: buck:dollar

tmlphoto · August 11, 2005

Excellent stuff Gubbs. Love them all.

jwear · August 11, 2005

ehughes wrote:

Very cool Gubbs, but what the heck is a quid?????

Ed

just a little short of a squid and does not smell as bad --you know those english --very good post and story Gubbs

clap

gubbs · August 12, 2005

Thanks for all the comments...

Ed and Sam, You got me wondering about the "quid" and why pennies were represented by "d"?? then of coure there's the monkey and the pony

so after a bit of googling I came up with this

quid = one pound (£1) or a number of pounds sterling. Plural uses singular form, eg., 'Fifteen quid is all I want for it..', or 'I won five hundred quid on the horses yesterday..'. The slang money expression 'quid' seems first to have appeared in late 1600's England, when it originally meant a guinea (and according to Brewer's 1870 dictionary, a sovereign) and later transferred to mean a pound in the 1700's. In older times the plural form of quids was also used, although nowadays only very young children would mistakenly use the word 'quids'. Usage is now generally confined to 'quid' regardless of quantity, although the plural survives in the expression 'quids in', meaning 'in profit', used particularly when expressing surprise at having benefited from an unexpectedly good financial outcome, for example enjoying night out at the local pub and winning more than the cost of the evening in a raffle. Traditional reference sources of word and slang origins (Partridge, OED, Brewer, Shadwell, Cassells, etc) suggest that the slang 'quid' for pound is probably derived from the Latin 'quid', meaning 'what', particularly in the expression 'quid pro quo', meaning to exchange something for something else (loosely 'what for which'), and rather like the use of the word 'wherewithal', to mean money. However a more interesting origin (thanks for prompt, KG) is that the 'quid' might well derive, additionally or even alternately, from the now closed-down Quidhampton paper mill, at Quidhampton near Salisbury in Wiltshire, South-West England, which apparently many years ago manufactured the special paper for the production of banknotes. Indeed the use of the 'quid' slang word for money seems to have begun (many sources suggest the late 1600's) around the time that banknotes first appeared in England (The Bank of England issued its first banknotes in 1694). The secrecy and security surrounding banknote paper production might explain on one hand why such an obvious possible derivation has been overlooked by all the main etymological reference sources, but on the other hand it rather begs the question as to how such a little-known secret fact could have prompted the widespread adoption of the slang in the first place. Watch this space..

Which I found here ... interesting stuff

auraflora · August 12, 2005

These are wonderful photos and I enjoyed viewing the colorful and creative process of candle making.

Your choice of DOF is great as well as your angles.

Michal

Higgmeister · August 12, 2005

Hi Gubbs,
Thanks for the series, quite interesting and looks like fun. The events are well displayed with your photos. Makes me want to go make some candles. I need a clone to work for me so I can play all day:D.

Thanks for sharing,
Chris

I like the expression you caught on your daughter. Very natural and pleasing.

gubbs · August 13, 2005

Higgmeister wrote:

I need a clone to work for me so I can play all day:D.

Don't we all

Thanks for comments Michal & Chris, much apreciated

Angelo · August 13, 2005

Bob's yer uncle!!!

Haven't heard that in years.

Excellent series Gubbereeno and your daughter (?) is beautiful.

ian408 · August 13, 2005

fun stuff!

ian

Phil U. · August 13, 2005

Very cool series and story. Not to mention some very fine looking finished products.

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