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Whisper of the Ancestors — Ancestral Seal
Wide studio view with wooden workbenches, illuminated botanical shelves, glass jars, cabinets and the signature portrait surrounded by greenery.

The Studio

Where every piece is made by hand.

The Craft

Small Batches. Patient Hands.

A workbench in Waxhaw, North Carolina.

Portrait view of the studio workbench and illuminated botanical shelves beneath the Whisper of the Ancestors artwork.
The studio
Gloved hands blending mineral salts and dried yellow botanicals in a large metal bowl on the studio workbench.
Blending a bath soak by hand
A hand setting dried herbs into a shallow bowl of warm green wax on the wooden studio workbench.
Botanicals set into warm wax

Step 1

Pouring

Our jar candles are hand-poured with soy wax and set with a wooden wick, one small batch at a time.

Step 2

Dipping

Ritual tapers are dipped by hand, left with their natural wax drips and finished with dried botanicals.

Step 3

Cutting

Each soap begins with its own base — aloe vera, goat milk, shea butter, or goat milk and glycerin — then is cut and finished by hand.

Step 4

Gathering

Bath soaks and incense are gathered, measured and wrapped at the same workbench, around each collection's three botanical notes.

The Process

From Wax to Label

01

Choosing

Each batch starts with the collection: its scent, its ingredients and its intention.

02

Making

Ingredients are weighed, the wax is melted and watched for temperature, then the fragrance is blended in and poured.

03

Resting

Soy candles cure for about one to two weeks; handmade incense dries for a week or more.

04

Finishing

Every piece is checked, labeled and wrapped by hand.

We work in small batches, usually just a few candles at a time, so every step gets our full attention.

The Craft

Crafting the Soaps

Each bar is poured, set with dried botanicals and cut by hand, then wrapped in its collection band.

Self Love & Magnetism soap in the mold, topped with dried rose petals, with incense drying behind it.
Botanicals set in the mold
A freshly poured batch of green Energy Cleansing soap setting on the workbench.
Energy Cleansing batch
A freshly poured batch of lavender Protection soap setting on the workbench.
Protection batch
A freshly poured batch of golden Prosperity soap setting on the workbench.
Prosperity batch
Studio shelves stocked with labeled jars and soaps, beside rows of hand-dipped incense sticks laid out to dry.

Curing on the Shelf

Finished pieces rest on our shelves, from candles and soaps to incense laid out to dry, before they are labeled and sent to you.

Close-up of the Energy Cleansing soap band, with its sun, leaves and open-hand artwork.
The Energy Cleansing band
Close-up of the Prosperity soap band, with its parchment label and celestial gold artwork.
The Prosperity band
Jars of dried petals and herbs on the studio workbench beneath the elder-and-Laiany portrait, surrounded by trailing greenery.

Botanicals, by the Jar

Dried rose petals, lavender, calendula, chamomile, sage and more line our shelves. We blend them into bath soaks, press them into soaps and use them to finish our candles.