Beekeeper here! I have not watched the whole video, yet, but wanted to comment before I forget! Some people may not know that the beautiful light colored wax is from cappings that are removed prior to honey extractions. It is possible to buy wax that is already a bit darker if it comes from older wax that bees have been crawling over for some time. Just didn’t want people to think that if a local beekeeper is selling slightly darker wax, that it was somehow previously heated to a higher temperature.
You have the most multi talent well to draw from . Singing , painting , pottery making , spinning wool , hand sewing , flower arranging , calligraphy , harp playing cooking and your knowledge about antiques . I’m amazed and in awe
I think you mistake the learnings that Rajiv display, they are not talents but skills. Talent suggest something innate and primordial either you have it or you don’t, I think the point of rajiv’s channel is to say the opposite if you want to learn to do something then do it.
Rajiv Surendra University in session!! Thank you Rajiv. You show us what true prosperity is by giving away your secrets as you embark on the next stage of your art, your marketplace. What a delight you are.
love the old Scottish song, it was one of my Nova Scotian Grandmother's favorites. I heard her many times, playing it and other old Scotts songs and old gospel songs, on the piano in the parlour, in the evenings after supper. fond memories, thank you (an you have a lovely voice!)
I am a beekeeper and I am so glad to see this video. Beeswax is made from honey. Honey is made by bees by collecting pollen and nectar from plants. Plants make nectar and pollen. This is ambrosia. A very rarefied substance. So, after bees gather the pollen and nectar and make the honey, their bodies excrete the wax from their abdomens. Then, Rajiv gets the wax and makes beautiful candles from this amazing substance. These are very very special candles.
I think you’ll like this beautiful prayer which is part of our Catholic Easter Vigil, Rajiv: On this, your night of grace, O holy Father, accept this candle, a solemn offering, the work of bees and of your servants' hands, an evening sacrifice of praise, this gift from your most holy Church. But now we know the praises of this pillar, which glowing fire ignites for God's honor, a fire into many flames divided, yet never dimmed by sharing of its light, for it is fed by melting wax, drawn out by mother bees to build a torch so precious.
Your videos are very calming. I too like doing things alone. When the outside world is not swirling around you, when the thoughts and judgements of others are not occupying or influencing, that is when one is free to experience more introspection and to contemplate both the big and the small, the complex and the simple. Perhaps the world be a kinder place if everyone chose their version of candle dipping. Waiting for the opening of your store with much anticipation.
Thank you, fellow Ontarion here. I've worked in education all my life. I've always want to make candles. Beeswax is my favourite. I am grateful to you for teaching this. It is a gift. I cant wait to give it a try. You are a very good teacher. I love your energy. 😊
Thank you Rajiv. This video comes at the perfect time as I make my own beeswax candles. I don’t have my own equipment but I go to a special place that pops up in my town every year just right before Christmas ❤
The singing in the beginning made me sleepy and wanting to nap.Charming video I will do this.I have been carrying (moving)around a block purchased of beeswax from when I lived in Newfoundland Canada now living in Connecticut.Perfect Christmas craft.After nap,....candlemaking! Have a lovely Christmas season/Winter.Cheers!
When you were singing I imagined how lovely it would be for someone to be sitting outside, drinking their morning coffee, watching you through that window, and listening to you sing. I am certain they would fall in love. ❤
Rajiv, you are such a natural comedian! I love your goofiness,even when you are teaching us something. I love real candles on the tree. My mother had them when she was little. Her family would collect natural items for the tree all year long such as abandoned bird’s nests or hazelnuts. They would make ornaments out of straw or wood or colored yarn. The tree would be lit with beeswax candles and carefully watched. She was a Latvian farm girl before WWII changed her life. Thank you for sharing your world! Happy Holidays!😢
I love the fact that you put passion in everything that you do. I found this video. Very interesting. You explained candlemaking with understandable details.
@@rajivsurendra Thanks. Someday my messages will be buried in millions of comments. It's nice you're still able to respond personally. Love your videos.
Now! This was a seriously well made video Raji. The shots and video quality were phenomenal. Very happy you are getting more professional on the video front, it really helps shine even brighter the amazing content. Thanks for sharing with us!
I made beeswax candles a few years ago and it was so fun, but it took a whole day because I was using cobbled-together equipment. Seeing you make candles, I now want to invest in some better equipment so that I can make candles again.
Just watching you can calm one down. Yes the benefit of 'crafting' is calm, concentration, all constructive. And by doing so creates an appreciation for things 'handmade', a quality that does not appear otherwise!! Thank you!
You are most awesome in sharing the gift you offer us. I truly appreciate your sharing not just the skill but with such intensity of kindness. I love how you light up in the delight of your craft.
I go to a small Orthodox church that is lit with beeswax candles and olive oil lamps, only one electric light for the choir to see their music. I love it
I can smell them now.. thank you Rajiv. You brought back memories of the pillar candles I used to make for my teachers at High School in the 60's to make pocket money. I knew nothing so I used to colour the wax with melted crayons to tint some of the wax...trippy! I also used to hand paint shirts and sew clothes for them. Being poor made me creative and inventive and gave me great pleasure. Your philosophy on the small things is refreshing to hear now. Cheers, Muffy
I remember when we hand dipped tapers along with making other bees wax items. Like You we bought our wax from a local bee keeper. Even then it was cheaper than other avenues.
I was searching for your previous candle video and noticed it was taken down (I also questioned if I imagined watching you dip candles in your living room 😅) but now that you’ve a new candle video up I feel all is well again :)
Very lovely and detailed video on candle making. I would love to try this one day. Thank you! ❤ I just wanted to share that it’s not recommended to boil rocks or put them in hot water. Certain types of rocks, especially those with internal cracks or trapped water, can crack or even explode when exposed to sudden high heat from boiling water, particularly with repeated heating.
Rajiv I would love to hear more about your childhood and how you grew up to be such an amazing person! Hearing the early years of Rajiv would be so fun and interesting :)
I've never mad candles before, but I'm thinking that if you wanted to top off your wax, you could use a vegetable peeler (designated for wax) and make a bunch of peels of wax to add to your melted wax a little at a time or to your top off can. The thin peels might melt alot faster than a chunk. I love watching your channel. You're good for the soul!❤❤
I absolutely love your creativity and your drive to do the things that make you happy and fulfilled, I literally love everything about you, sending love and light from Bonnie Scotland 🏴 ❤ xx
Beautiful candles. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Beeswax is wonderful to work with. You can also make great ornaments using simple molds. I have made them for Easter and Halloween also.
I am now dying to know what the close out process is. Do you leave the beeswax in the olive container until next dipping. Do you melt everything into a puck for next season. Do you make a tapper candle?
This video was already edited down to just the essentials and ended up being almost an hour! At the very end, I carefully pour out the wax into a loaf tin, leaving the last bit in the olive oil can. You’ll see any dirt or impurities sink to the bottom, so I wipe out all this sludge with a paper towel. Then the loaf tin will release a lovely block of wax when cool, to be used next time!
“You put your hand up on my hip, when I dip, you dip, we dip” I’m feeling the need to channel Kevin Gnapoor 😂🙌🏼 You’re a great teacher, Rajiv! Thanks for all your videos
You have such a beautiful singing voice Rajiv. You recently sang Rowan tree and it brought tears to my eyes, not least because it also has decades of sentimental meaning to me and I hadn’t heard it years. Warmest wishes from Scotland.
Rajiv, could you make a pottery "disk" and use that instead of the rocks, and immerse the flat disk the pot of water, so you have a flat surface on which to place the cans of wax, as you heat them?
Oh how I've missed watching your videos! I'm so glad to be back! Such positive, wholesome, intelligent, and slightly naughty content(if you're paying attention) lol💜💜💜
So gorgeous, thanks Rajiv! I love every video. Appreciate the thoroughness, delight in the details and how you weave in songs and cheeky jokes, poems, little life-stories…Wholesome, heartwarming, comforting, healing, practical goodness. Love your emphasis on natural materials, the well-made, handmade and long lasting. I’m so here for this! Thank you so much. 💝
i loved this tutorial, thank you!! so for next time you make candles you just melt that bigger can again as is? no need to break it into chunks or anything??
I love videos like this. I always want to see more. They are so soothing! How many times did you dip the candles to achieve the proper thickness for these candles? Thank you for sharing this beautiful tutorial with us, :)
Thank you so much for sharing your beeswax taper candle making I’ve been looking for a RUclips on old fashioned Taper making for such a long time. I have an excellent source in Auburn California. She’s a beekeeper and she sells 100% beeswax candles and beeswax. I’m super excited thank you again for sharing Your expertise on taper candle making I’m super excited.
You're very welcome. Makes me happy to know you'll be making candles! I would rather have everyone make their own over buying mine. They're much more special when they're made by your own hands.
My mom owns a special wic holder that allows you to dip 8 candles at one time. It’s made of wood and has a hook on top. Pretty sure it’s a colonial design.
I really appreciate your efforts! I have a quick question: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How should I go about transferring them to Binance?
Beekeeper here! I have not watched the whole video, yet, but wanted to comment before I forget! Some people may not know that the beautiful light colored wax is from cappings that are removed prior to honey extractions. It is possible to buy wax that is already a bit darker if it comes from older wax that bees have been crawling over for some time. Just didn’t want people to think that if a local beekeeper is selling slightly darker wax, that it was somehow previously heated to a higher temperature.
This man lowers my blood pressure
You have the most multi talent well to draw from . Singing , painting , pottery making , spinning wool , hand sewing , flower arranging , calligraphy , harp playing cooking and your knowledge about antiques . I’m amazed and in awe
I think you mistake the learnings that Rajiv display, they are not talents but skills. Talent suggest something innate and primordial either you have it or you don’t, I think the point of rajiv’s channel is to say the opposite if you want to learn to do something then do it.
And he fluently speaks at least three languages!
@@emilraji4769I quess I misspoke trying to communicate my admiration for his skill . I’m sorry
A true Renaissance Man, if you will...😊
Rajiv’s tutorials are always the best because he thinks of every mistake I’m going to make😂 and addresses them before I start.
Yes. Because in the 20 years I've been doing this, I've made every mistake multiple times!
@rajivsurendra
It is thru these mistakes that we learn, grow, and perfect our skills!
No mistakes?
No learning.
Rajiv Surendra University in session!!
Thank you Rajiv.
You show us what true prosperity is by giving away your secrets as you embark on the next stage of your art, your marketplace.
What a delight you are.
Rajiv, you are definitely an Ancient One. A very old soul. And it's beautiful ❤🎉🙏🏽🙏🏽
Spot on! Beautiful way to say it 🥰
love the old Scottish song, it was one of my Nova Scotian Grandmother's favorites. I heard her many times, playing it and other old Scotts songs and old gospel songs, on the piano in the parlour, in the evenings after supper. fond memories, thank you (an you have a lovely voice!)
"For me, solving the big problems start with the small problems, what's going on with you, inside your mind". Beautiful words to live by, thank you.
The last thing I expected to do this afternoon was watch an hour of beeswax candle making. How lovely it was!
I am a beekeeper and I am so glad to see this video. Beeswax is made from honey. Honey is made by bees by collecting pollen and nectar from plants. Plants make nectar and pollen. This is ambrosia. A very rarefied substance. So, after bees gather the pollen and nectar and make the honey, their bodies excrete the wax from their abdomens. Then, Rajiv gets the wax and makes beautiful candles from this amazing substance. These are very very special candles.
I think you’ll like this beautiful prayer which is part of our Catholic Easter Vigil, Rajiv:
On this, your night of grace, O holy Father,
accept this candle, a solemn offering,
the work of bees and of your servants' hands,
an evening sacrifice of praise,
this gift from your most holy Church.
But now we know the praises of this pillar,
which glowing fire ignites for God's honor,
a fire into many flames divided,
yet never dimmed by sharing of its light,
for it is fed by melting wax,
drawn out by mother bees
to build a torch so precious.
Your spirit is sweet and special Rajiv. Knowing you exist brings such joy to my heart. You remind me humans are still wholesome.
You have got me tearing up over here. Your singing was beautiful. Thank you.
This is precious. Thank you for explaining the process so beautifully and effectively!
You are so welcome!
The joy of making something slowly, by hand, and alone... these videos remind me of what it is to be human and truly alive.
You are a treasured gift to us all.
Artist, teacher, therapist, and friend! I thank you for words of wisdom!
Feel free to sing the whole time.❤ I always feel so happy and serene watching your videos! You are a treasure!
Your videos are very calming. I too like doing things alone. When the outside world is not swirling around you, when the thoughts and judgements of others are not occupying or influencing, that is when one is free to experience more introspection and to contemplate both the big and the small, the complex and the simple. Perhaps the world be a kinder place if everyone chose their version of candle dipping. Waiting for the opening of your store with much anticipation.
Thank you for watching!
Thank you, fellow Ontarion here. I've worked in education all my life. I've always want to make candles. Beeswax is my favourite. I am grateful to you for teaching this. It is a gift. I cant wait to give it a try. You are a very good teacher. I love your energy. 😊
Thank you Rajiv. This video comes at the perfect time as I make my own beeswax candles. I don’t have my own equipment but I go to a special place that pops up in my town every year just right before Christmas ❤
Beautiful singing voice splendid xx
The singing in the beginning made me sleepy and wanting to nap.Charming video I will do this.I have been carrying (moving)around a block purchased of beeswax from when I lived in Newfoundland Canada now living in Connecticut.Perfect Christmas craft.After nap,....candlemaking! Have a lovely Christmas season/Winter.Cheers!
When you were singing I imagined how lovely it would be for someone to be sitting outside, drinking their morning coffee, watching you through that window, and listening to you sing. I am certain they would fall in love. ❤
Rajiv, you are such a natural comedian! I love your goofiness,even when you are teaching us something. I love real candles on the tree. My mother had them when she was little. Her family would collect natural items for the tree all year long such as abandoned bird’s nests or hazelnuts. They would make ornaments out of straw or wood or colored yarn. The tree would be lit with beeswax candles and carefully watched. She was a Latvian farm girl before WWII changed her life. Thank you for sharing your world! Happy Holidays!😢
Thank you for sharing your story!Yes he is goofy....
Great lesson, as now I see how real handmade candles are made, thanks for passing on the knowledge Rajiv, and Mrs. Burke must be so proud of you. ✨
I love the fact that you put passion in everything that you do. I found this video. Very interesting. You explained candlemaking with understandable details.
Thank you for noticing!
The harp music's chime sound is echoed in the depiction of swinging candles on the poles. Great editing choice, A+.
Thank you! I felt the same way 😊
@@rajivsurendra Thanks. Someday my messages will be buried in millions of comments. It's nice you're still able to respond personally. Love your videos.
Amen!
Love that you make menorah candles. “The Festival of Lights” is such a beautiful tradition. Shalom.
Thank you for being you Rajiv, you make my heart sing, Amanda 🙏
You have EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING SKILLS!!!
Now! This was a seriously well made video Raji. The shots and video quality were phenomenal. Very happy you are getting more professional on the video front, it really helps shine even brighter the amazing content. Thanks for sharing with us!
Best high school ever! Greetings from a 1984 alumna. Your videos are so calming and informative.
I made beeswax candles a few years ago and it was so fun, but it took a whole day because I was using cobbled-together equipment. Seeing you make candles, I now want to invest in some better equipment so that I can make candles again.
Just watching you can calm one down. Yes the benefit of 'crafting' is calm, concentration, all constructive. And by doing so creates an appreciation for things 'handmade', a quality that does not appear otherwise!! Thank you!
You are most awesome in sharing the gift you offer us. I truly appreciate your sharing not just the skill but with such intensity of kindness. I love how you light up in the delight of your craft.
I go to a small Orthodox church that is lit with beeswax candles and olive oil lamps, only one electric light for the choir to see their music. I love it
You have inspired me to try this! Thank you so much. It truly is all about the small stuff. 🕯️
GREAT! Good luck, have fun.
I can smell them now.. thank you Rajiv. You brought back memories of the pillar candles I used to make for my teachers at High School in the 60's to make pocket money. I knew nothing so I used to colour the wax with melted crayons to tint some of the wax...trippy! I also used to hand paint shirts and sew clothes for them. Being poor made me creative and inventive and gave me great pleasure. Your philosophy on the small things is refreshing to hear now. Cheers, Muffy
Rajiv, you are such a great teacher. Your videos are so calming and inspiring.
I remember when we hand dipped tapers along with making other bees wax items. Like You we bought our wax from a local bee keeper. Even then it was cheaper than other avenues.
Thank Rajiv for keeping this skill alive they are beautiful.
I can listen to your beautiful voice all day!!!!!!!!❤
Throughly enjoyed that video. Thank you!
I was searching for your previous candle video and noticed it was taken down (I also questioned if I imagined watching you dip candles in your living room 😅) but now that you’ve a new candle video up I feel all is well again :)
Handmade by Rajiv is well worth the money. He is creating everything with love
Minute 38 was glitchy. Was this only on my PC?
Anyways- thank you, Rajiv! You are a Sunshine!
no no its glitching for me too
Same.@@pranavholla7675
I'm first!!! I look forward to your videos every week! When you said you made Chunnukah candles, you truly melted my heart like chocolate gelt....🤩❤❤❤
A man of many talents & master of them all ..luv the videos Thank u. 👍♥️
Very lovely and detailed video on candle making. I would love to try this one day. Thank you! ❤
I just wanted to share that it’s not recommended to boil rocks or put them in hot water. Certain types of rocks, especially those with internal cracks or trapped water, can crack or even explode when exposed to sudden high heat from boiling water, particularly with repeated heating.
love this longer form of videos! got me through finishing up a paper I didn't want to work on :)
You have the best choice in little Irish ditties and sing the beautifully!❤
Rajiv I would love to hear more about your childhood and how you grew up to be such an amazing person! Hearing the early years of Rajiv would be so fun and interesting :)
I've never mad candles before, but I'm thinking that if you wanted to top off your wax, you could use a vegetable peeler (designated for wax) and make a bunch of peels of wax to add to your melted wax a little at a time or to your top off can. The thin peels might melt alot faster than a chunk. I love watching your channel. You're good for the soul!❤❤
What are mad candles??
@@rajivsurendra I think it was a typo and it is 'made candles'
@@jetlagen
Did you not know that you can EDIT your comments?
You can ask me how, or simply Ggogle the question!
What a beautiful process, truly art.
Hi Rajiv. Great tutorial. What size brass nuts are you using? Thank you.
No idea! Just something that’s heavy.
I absolutely love your creativity and your drive to do the things that make you happy and fulfilled, I literally love everything about you, sending love and light from Bonnie Scotland 🏴 ❤ xx
So interesting and fun to watch! Thank you for sharing your knowledge 😊
Perfect for All you Wonderful Introverts😊❤ TY
Loved this whole video
Watching this is therapeutic and interesting. ❤
Beautiful candles. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Beeswax is wonderful to work with. You can also make great ornaments using simple molds. I have made them for Easter and Halloween also.
Bravo!🎉 Sei di grande ispirazione! Thank uou Rajiv ❤
Rajiv! Thank you for this beautiful video--what a treasure. You're an artisan. ☺ So funny and apropos, your song at the end. Thanks again. 🐝
Anyone else having too really turn up the volume to hear Rajiv lately?? Rajiv I'm a huge fan. Keep them comming.
Another wonderful video. Thank you 😊
Thanks for watching.
I am now dying to know what the close out process is. Do you leave the beeswax in the olive container until next dipping. Do you melt everything into a puck for next season. Do you make a tapper candle?
This video was already edited down to just the essentials and ended up being almost an hour! At the very end, I carefully pour out the wax into a loaf tin, leaving the last bit in the olive oil can. You’ll see any dirt or impurities sink to the bottom, so I wipe out all this sludge with a paper towel. Then the loaf tin will release a lovely block of wax when cool, to be used next time!
“You put your hand up on my hip, when I dip, you dip, we dip” I’m feeling the need to channel Kevin Gnapoor 😂🙌🏼
You’re a great teacher, Rajiv! Thanks for all your videos
This was lovely thank you. You've been my favourite RUclipsr for many many years 🤩
Looking forward to hearing source for proper sized wicking. Thank you, dear!
Oh, Rajiv you've done it again. Captured my damn HEART. I adore you. Thank you for this and I hope to buy some of your candles soon. 🕯🕯🕯
so calming.... beautiful
Wow. Very informative. Thank you.
one of the best feel good videos
Just found your channel and so glad I did. Subscribed!
Thank you! Please tell any friends or relatives that might also be interested, and ask them to subscribe! Those numbers really help this endeavor.
You have such a beautiful singing voice Rajiv. You recently sang Rowan tree and it brought tears to my eyes, not least because it also has decades of sentimental meaning to me and I hadn’t heard it years. Warmest wishes from Scotland.
"...but hallowed thoughts around thee twine of hame and infancy." 🥲
Rajiv, could you make a pottery "disk" and use that instead of the rocks, and immerse the flat disk the pot of water, so you have a flat surface on which to place the cans of wax, as you heat them?
Love it when you sing....
i love you, Mr. Rajiv Rogers
hehe
Oh how I've missed watching your videos! I'm so glad to be back! Such positive, wholesome, intelligent, and slightly naughty content(if you're paying attention) lol💜💜💜
I am so glad you are back too!
@rajivsurendra 🤓👍🏿🙌🏿
Love your videos! Do you use organic beeswax?
Excellent work and I am going to try myself 😊
Wonderful, that's what I hope from all these videos! Have fun!
not surprised you can sing, too!
Soothing song. Thank you
So gorgeous, thanks Rajiv! I love every video. Appreciate the thoroughness, delight in the details and how you weave in songs and cheeky jokes, poems, little life-stories…Wholesome, heartwarming, comforting, healing, practical goodness. Love your emphasis on natural materials, the well-made, handmade and long lasting. I’m so here for this! Thank you so much. 💝
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
Just wonderful!!!
Thank you for the tutorial! ❤❤
Best bloody ad ever!!
Does this mean you will be selling them for $2,399 each because good lord! What a process!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ wow We CELEBRATE YOU🔥🔥🔥🔥 Peace and Blessings Stay Encouraged and Encouraging 🌹 Be Good To Yourself 🙏💜🕯️
i loved this tutorial, thank you!! so for next time you make candles you just melt that bigger can again as is? no need to break it into chunks or anything??
BEAUTIFUL!!❤❤
I would love an album of folk songs sung by you.
I love videos like this. I always want to see more. They are so soothing! How many times did you dip the candles to achieve the proper thickness for these candles? Thank you for sharing this beautiful tutorial with us, :)
It’s bad luck to count the dips.
I love beeswax candles, and am curious how long this took you from start to finish? 🕯️
Thank you so much for sharing your beeswax taper candle making I’ve been looking for a RUclips on old fashioned Taper making for such a long time. I have an excellent source in Auburn California. She’s a beekeeper and she sells 100% beeswax candles and beeswax. I’m super excited thank you again for sharing Your expertise on taper candle making I’m super excited.
You're very welcome. Makes me happy to know you'll be making candles! I would rather have everyone make their own over buying mine. They're much more special when they're made by your own hands.
AWESOME
SOMETHING TO LEARN
My mom owns a special wic holder that allows you to dip 8 candles at one time. It’s made of wood and has a hook on top. Pretty sure it’s a colonial design.
I really appreciate your efforts! I have a quick question: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How should I go about transferring them to Binance?
oh, amazing!! loved this vid