I learned to centre clay before I ever thought about candles. At IICD Jaipur and later at IED Milan, the wheel taught me something no brief ever could, that the most honest work comes from slowing down, from feeling resistance give way under your hands, from trusting the process even when the form isn’t there yet.

For years, I made objects for their own sake, beautiful, considered, but ultimately purposeless. And after a while, that began to bother me.

Every Lua vessel begins as a lump of raw clay on the wheel in my studio. Each piece is thrown by hand, shaped, and left to dry slowly before its first firing.

After bisque firing, I apply glaze, giving every vessel its own depth of colour, its own subtle variation in texture and weight. Once fired again, when the ceramic has reached its final form, I pour in 100% soy wax and set a cotton wick by hand.

What you receive carries that entire journey, clay, wheel, glaze, kiln, wax, wick.

No two pieces are identical.
That’s not a limitation, it’s the whole point.

What We Believe

— The vessel outlives the candle. We make both worth keeping.
— Handmade means variation is inherent. Every imperfection is a signature.
— We use clean, considered materials: soy wax, non-toxic fragrances, and cotton wicks.
— When the wax is gone, the piece begins again, as a planter, a trinket bowl, a bud vase. Nothing from Lua is meant to be thrown away.