Historic:
A Pioneer rural craft, in that people with limited access to stores and peddlers might make their own candles as a matter of necessity. Yet in urbanized areas, candle and soap manufacturers flourished in the earliest days, and used locally produced lard, ashes, tallow, and kitchen grease for their production.
Pioneer candlemaking in Kentucky is illustrated in the 1941 film "Kentucky Pioneers."
Contemporary Candlemaking:
Almost an Acre Farm (Hardin Co.: Upton)
Big Wicks Candle Company (Jefferson Co.: Louisville)
Broken Road Candles (Boone Co.: Florence)
Candle Makers on the Square (Warren Co.: Bowling Green)
Carrington Candle Company (Bath Co.: Salt Lick)
Coal Country Candles (Randy Gabbard - Perry Co.: Hazard)
The Home Place [wooden furniture; candles] - (Livingston Co.: Grand Rivers)
Illuminated Candle Company (Boone Co.: Florence)
Kentucky Fabled Candle Company (Fayette Co.: Lexington)
Kentucky Green (Bourbon Co.: Paris)
Kuntry Kandles (Sheila Simpson - Casey Co.: Dunnville)
Love Lites Candle Company (Pike Co.: Pikeville)
Modern Zen Candle Company (Jennifer Smyth - Fayette Co.: Lexington)
Moss Hill (Teri Amsler et. al. - Jefferson Co.: Louisville)
Sweet Southern Crafts Company (Kathryn Anne Jenkins - Crittenden Co.: Marion)
HISTORIC CANDLEMAKING
