From cute owls and cacti, festive angels and Christmas trees, classic pillars and hand-dipped tapers to lemons, pears, pumpkins and corn cobs, Beckah Hunt’s candles glow with the natural beauty of 100% beeswax.

Remuera’s is golden-yellow ochre and Te Atatu’s is French vanilla. In Grey Lynn within a single street it varies from bright, fiery orange terracotta to creamy mushroom.

In the pages of Cuisine we often feature butchers and bakers, but not so often candlestick makers. So when Ceri Price’s sinuous creations caught our attention we were intrigued. Working in his garage in Auckland’s Point Chevalier, Ceri uses forging techniques, heating brass rods until malleable, winding them by hand to create spirals and curves whose delicacy belies the heat and power of the process.