Design candles in no time
In 2021, the STORE Schools & Projects Foundation opened a workshop with a shop in Rotterdam, called STORE STORE, where young people can take design and making lessons. In these free Design Clubs, young people work together with designers and learn to design products. These products are then sold in the shop, with the young people receiving royalties for their design. The rest of the shop's revenue flows back into the educational programme.
In this project, the Design Club is supervised by designer Lex Pott (https://www.lexpott.nl/). The young people learn to make candles, and moulds are also made from a number of these candles so that a small production run can be started. For this they use silicone and other products from Siliconesandmore.com.
Turning a candle model on a lathe
Making a mould from a model
A beautiful result!
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