Candles are companions to cherished moments when life slows down and turns toward its most intimate side. In these times, we celebrate life, feel longing, experience loss, rejoice in reunions, evenings, nature, and ourselves. A candle lights up these moments and offers warmth to help us embrace them.

Svetlica beeswax candles embody the scent and color of the sweet herbs from the land where the wax was gathered. In the bees’ delicate legs, the nectar of plants underwent several transformations before becoming a candle. Welcome it as you would a flower — before lighting, take a moment to inhale its aroma and think of something kind.

01.

F/W 2025 Collection:
Tales of The Fiery River

Rosinki, 55 cm
Set of 3 candles in a box
€90

Zeja, 55 cm
Set of 3 candles in a box
€90

Rjaska, 55 cm
Set of 3 candles in a box
€90

Staritsa, 55 cm
Set of 3 candles in a box
€90

Smura, 55 cm
Set of 3 candles in a box
€90

Rjaska, 22 cm
Set of 5 candles in a box
€50

Staritsa, 22 cm
Set of 5 candles in a box
€50

Rjaska Arch, 22 cm
Double candle with a stand
€40

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Во поле чистом, цветком снежистым, стояла
светлица, в светлице девица

Svetlica (since 2021) grew like a little forest mushroom, slowly and steadily, and now it peeks out from the low grass — because here you are, having found us! Welcome and hello!
For the Eastern Slavs, a svetlitsa was a bright, dry space in the home where women gathered to work on crafts and spend time together. Something similar happens in our Svetlica: I handcraft candles using the ancient pouring technique, collect stories from the world of bees, draw, and write — for instance, this very text.
A significant part of my childhood was spent at my grandfather’s apiary — surrounded by the hum of bees in an apple orchard, gathering tinder fungi for the smoker, and breathing in the honey-sweet air of the bathhouse. I still love reading his beekeeper’s journal. It’s quite technical but to me, deeply tender and poetic: in it, my grandfather lists nectar-bearing plants, notes the year’s first bee flights, praises the bees when they “work well,” and marks the days when the linden trees bloom — signaling the start of the linden honey harvest.
That’s why in Svetlica, I create candles exclusively from beeswax. It’s a sculptural and vibrant material, endlessly fascinating to explore. My experiments with techniques continually lead to new designs. What matters most to me is that wax exists at the intersection of human and nature’s coexistence. ♡ Nastia Grigoriadi

Svetlica Editions
Explore the special holiday edition of Svetlica Mushroom candles in various sizes and natural beeswax colors

Pour After Pour...
How it all began candles in various sizes and natural beeswax colors

Nectar Becomes a Candle
List of beekeepers who supply Svetlica Candles with beeswax, stories from their apiaries and very local land...

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