Part A
Step 1: Create a journal to reflect in for progress.
Step 2: Reflecting on the factual, conceptual and debatable inquiry questions.
Factual: What are some limitations regarding learning something new?
Conceptual: What benefits can you get from learning a new skill?
- I believe that some limitations will be getting the proper supplies needed because I'm not sure what technique I am using yet and the quantities.
- Deciding on which recipe to use when actually creating the final product will be difficult because some work better than other, some use wax some use paraffin and so on. I will need to do some research and testing to see how they should come out in the end.
- Also to make sure that the final products all look different from one another, since my goal is to make 4 that are varying in size and decorations.
- It will be difficult also to make sure the candle will burn properly and not look bad.
Conceptual: What benefits can you get from learning a new skill?
- It can be used for a gift (more from the heart gifts than buying them at the store)
- Saving money on buying candles as gifts for people.
- The aromas from the candles can relax me and others.
- Very Eco-friendly.
- I can later teach others to make them as well.
- I choose to make what I like and not only what's at the store.
- More personal towards the person who makes it.
- This can become a bonding moment towards anyone who wishes to teach another person to make candles.
- These candles could be very important in times of power outages.
- At first I had no clue what I wanted to choose to learn, so I researched some ideas online. I saw various ideas such as, knitting, sculpting, learning a new language etc but the one that really struck my eye was candle making because of the power outage that happened not to long ago I was intrigued by how people could make candles at home. I was also interested because I always see these beautiful home made candles in pictures found online and now thought of now having the opportunity to finally learning how to make them as well. I liked the idea of making candles for gifts to give to my friends and family. The art of candle making has been around for a very long time and it has caused many families and friends to come together to create beautiful candles that can be used at any time. For me, this is very important because it shows that I would be able to learn almost anything as long as I put my mind towards it.
Debatable: There are limitless opportunities to learn... how do you decide what to focus on?
Step 3: Research information on skills and prioritize
Step 4: Existing Products
1. http://www.candlesbyvictoria.com/
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2. http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/candlemakingbasics/a/candlebasics.htm
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3. http://www.candletech.com/candle-making/
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TO CONCLUDE:
I found the last website the most influencing to help me further my inquiry on how to make candles and decorate them. This website provides the means to help me decorate the candles. I also found out that in the first website that, it makes me want to add scents to make them smell as good as they will look.
I found the last website the most influencing to help me further my inquiry on how to make candles and decorate them. This website provides the means to help me decorate the candles. I also found out that in the first website that, it makes me want to add scents to make them smell as good as they will look.
Step 5: Design brief
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this project is to show your interest in a topic and learn it throughout the year. Ending up with an end result of 4 candles all in different sizes and containers with a variety of scents. Although the target audience is intended to be myself, I also believe that anyone who is interested in this topic can be enlightened to come to understand the process of making candles and how they are created. RESEARCH: I found research mostly about decorating candles but I have also found on how to make candles, which will come in handy when I am starting to create my candle because I will have some ideas on which kind of wax I will use and how to decorate them. MY OBJECTIVES:
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