Candle Artist Jfay
Studio 3B
Described as a Wax Wizardress and Candlemaker Extraordinaire, Candle Artist Jfay breaks the mold of traditional candlemaking with her innovative and artistic pillar candle designs.
Candle Artist Jfay designs candles from the heart. Not satisfied with the simple stir and pour, she reflects her artistic feelings and ideas into her candles. Her love for creativity and candles seemed to bond together about five years ago when she was looking for a way to put her creativity to use to earn a living, instead of sitting behind a desk all day.
She instantly fell in love with candle making, and was soon experimenting with every candle making method she could learn about and began adding her own creative twists and even inventing a few that she’d never read about. Some of her ideas are born from imagination, and some from things she sees and thinks would look great as a candle. There is no end to her inspiration, but she does find a lot of inspiration in nature. She has designed candles to look like hot lava, stones, ice, and even a galaxy.
Most days she can be found working in her studio hand molding wax or trying out her latest big idea, but she also enjoys photographing her candles and working on stunning backgrounds for their settings. She is in to every aspect of running her small studio and puts her personal touch on every part of the process.
Jfay has also began an exciting new venture working with authors to design candles to accompany their books. This came about quite by accident when her sister was working to promote her book of Fairy Tale inspired short stories. The Poison Apple Candle was made to accompany her book for promotions and the book and candle were posted on the Studio 3B website. It wasn’t long before another author approached Jfay wanting a candle designed for her book The whole idea is starting to take flight and Jfay has added a new feature to her website called Books in the Spotlight showcasing the authors’ books and candles.
Her work can be found gracing several hotels and resorts across the country. Jfay has been featured on television and she has a candle that was featured in an independent film (she had to make stunt doubles!). She enjoys working with individuals one on one and making candles that they will enjoy. Every person and every candle is very important, and no request is too small to be custom made. That’s because she does not make the candles until they are ordered. Everyone is given star treatment and pretty much has their own personal candle maker when dealing with Jfay. She’s got talent as well as plenty of Texas charm.
You can visit Jfay’s candle shop at http://www.studio3bonline.com as well as visit her on myspace at www.myspace.com/studio3b and www.myspace.com/booksinthespotlight .
Jfay on Blog Talk Radio's ParaWomen Radio, January 3, 2008
Jfay chats with Amy and Shannon of the League of Extraordinary Paranormal Women. Her interview is in the second hour of broadcast, so click near the middle of the seek or time line to find her segment.
Internationally best-selling author
WILLIAM MALTESE
comments on his new novel
SUCKS! THE FIRST DRAQUAL VAMPYRE CHRONICLES
and its
Jfay candles connection:
“There are candles. Then, there are candles. And, only then … are there Jfay candles.
“It was inconceivable to me, from the get-go, that Draqual vampires would be any less inclined — than I would ever be — to use anything but the very best, especially in their selection of something as vital to ritual as candles — especially since Draqual vampires are so knowledgeable of the finer things in life.
“Therefore it isn’t mere coincidence that Vlad Draqual calls upon Jfay to supply the candles, by way of lighting the vampire’s very chic and very “in” blood-splattered high-fashion runway show of sandblasted denim at a New York City abattoir –”
Vlad walkie-talkie cues the light man; in the main room, the lights go out; the plethora of Jfay candles simultaneously go on to appreciative gasps from the audience …
“As is Vlad Draqual …As is his appreciative audience … I, personally, am always amazed and pleased by the wondrousness of Jfay’s artistic workmanship in the medium of wax.
Whether for setting a mood, for conducting a romance, for achieving a purely dramatic effect, or for the successful casting of spells, the very best is needed to achieve the very best.
“Candles don’t get any better than those by Jfay. Take my word for it. Take the word of the vampires Draqual.”
