Since opening as a one-room shop in 1970, Woodstock’s Candlestock has handcrafted distinctive candles, including its signature drip candles, in keeping with the town’s artistic spirit. The store has grown into one of Woodstock’s oldest businesses and ships its handmade candles worldwide, while its continuously burning drip candle has become an eight-foot-tall wax mountain at the heart of the shop. Candlestock also invites visitors to make their own candles at its Wax Imagination Studio in nearby Saugerties.
The Old Candle BarnBorn in a basement in the late 1960s, The Old Candle Barn now hand-pours and hand-dips traditional candles in a roughly 28,000-square-foot facility in Intercourse. Local craftsmen continue the same old-fashioned methods used for more than 40 years, while the Hurst family has owned and operated the business for the past 20 years. The company also wholesales its own candle line throughout the United States.INTERCOURSE, PA
Catskills Candle StudioFrom her fashion-design background and love of the Catskill Mountains, Nicole Andrick creates hand-poured soy candles in Tannersville that bring the region’s earthy scents into contemporary homes. Catskills Candle Studio is a women-owned business using American-grown soy wax and fragrance oils infused with essential oils, with its signature Kaaterskill Falls candle offering a particularly direct link to the surrounding landscape. Nicole also opens the studio to the community through candle-pouring workshops.TANNERSVILLE, NY
Brooklyn Candle StudioFounded by Tamara Mayne in 2013 after candle-making began as a hobby, Brooklyn Candle Studio has grown into a Brooklyn-based maker shaped by its founder’s design background and love of nature. Its in-house artisans hand-pour and label home fragrance in a 20,000-square-foot Industry City workshop, creating minimalist candles with botanical scents for people seeking a calmer atmosphere at home.BROOKLYN, NY
Northern Lights CandlesSince 1978, Northern Lights Candles has made candles and home fragrances in Wellsville, New York, pairing traditional candlemaking with artist-led design. Its artisans develop original forms, fragrances and hand-illustrated packaging, including the distinctive Esque® luminary system with interchangeable candle inserts. The company also emphasizes ethically minded production and designs its candles for gifting, lasting use and repurposing.WELLSVILLE, NY